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It was on the front page for quite a while. But more importantly, HN was really founded as a place for folks interested in startups rather than open source, and
by Alex3917 7y ago
It was on the front page for quite a while. But more importantly, HN was really founded as a place for folks interested in startups rather than open source, and I suspect most folks here find a lot of the open source folks to be kind of cringeworthy in general. E.g. unlike Slashdot readers, I doubt most people here really want to be associated with folks like ESR or RMS.
- dang 7y agoI probably should point out that the open-source community has always been and still is fully welcome here. HN is large, it contains multitudes.
- Alex3917 7y agoFair. I didn't mean to disparage open source in general. My issue is that I think there are a bunch of positions that certain prominent open source folks have taken that, if you were to advocate for them in the workplace, would likely trigger a discrimination lawsuit.