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I'm sure they'll also be disheartened to know that their OS and other softwares like SQL Server are being used by various militaries around the world to kill pe

by cronix 7y ago

I'm sure they'll also be disheartened to know that their OS and other softwares like SQL Server are being used by various militaries around the world to kill people. And terrorists. How many terrorists are in MS databases? How can they sleep at night by creating these nefarious tools? How many other open source projects are used in ways the authors didn't intend? Lots of military hardware running mysql and the like. "MySQL Cluster is used by the US Navy to power the flight deck and operations management system on US Navy aircraft carriers.[1] I wonder how many men, women and children were killed by aircraft launched from those carriers powered by mysql. "The Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) alone hosts 665 SQL Server databases and, of course, NCMI is just part of the DOD ecosystem. As a public affairs spokesperson for the Defense Information Systems Agency said, “[SQL Server] supports hundreds of applications, including email, content management, document management, enterprise search, business intelligence and workflow management.”"[2] [1] https://www.mysql.com/industry/government/ https://www.mysql.com/industry/government/ [2] https://fedtechmagazine.com/article/2016/03/army-and-navy-use-sql-server-and-battlefield https://fedtechmagazine.com/article/2016/03/army-and-navy-us... Grow up, kids. You can't control what others do with your tech. In fact, you helped to create this world. Your works are being used for evil. And "this" is the battle you choose to fight? You're SJW hypocrites.

Brain_Thief 7y ago
What, exactly, is hypocritical about these developers' actions? If a person wants their organization / community / country to change then they should encourage that change through non-violent means. It seems to me that by calling for their employer to discontinue business with an entity that they find unacceptable the Github employees in question are doing just that. In fact, their actions come across as quite sincere, and certainly appear to be far more productive and well-reasoned than your insult-laden criticism of them would imply.
archagon 7y ago
“SJW hypocrites,” really? Sounds like you’re the one who needs to do some growing. In the meantime, I’ll strongly consider releasing all my OSS under a license that prohibits police and military use in the future.
dang 7y ago
You have a good point but you've ruined it at the end with "Grow up kids" and "SJW hypocrites". Would you please review the site guidelines and stick to the rules when posting here? They explicitly ask you not to do things like that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

by cronix 7y ago

Brain_Thief 7y ago

What, exactly, is hypocritical about these developers' actions? If a person wants their organization / community / country to change then they should encourage that change through non-violent means. It seems to me that by calling for their employer to discontinue business with an entity that they find unacceptable the Github employees in question are doing just that. In fact, their actions come across as quite sincere, and certainly appear to be far more productive and well-reasoned than your insult-laden criticism of them would imply.

archagon 7y ago

“SJW hypocrites,” really? Sounds like you’re the one who needs to do some growing. In the meantime, I’ll strongly consider releasing all my OSS under a license that prohibits police and military use in the future.

dang 7y ago

You have a good point but you've ruined it at the end with "Grow up kids" and "SJW hypocrites". Would you please review the site guidelines and stick to the rules when posting here? They explicitly ask you not to do things like that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html