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On a reddit AMA several years ago Tim or the PR people representing him claimed that he and his team tat Cern were responsible for the open source movement. Exc
by thereddaikon 5y ago
On a reddit AMA several years ago Tim or the PR people representing him claimed that he and his team tat Cern were responsible for the open source movement. Except their browser wasn't opened until after the fact, and Stallman and FSF had been doing their thing for years before. He lost a lot of credibility with me after that.
- hammyhavoc 5y agoWasn't aware of that claim of starting the open source movement! How someone ever thought they would get away with a claim as silly as that is beyond me. He's also sold a gimmicky cryptoart NFT through Sotheby’s, contributing to and indirectly endorsing environmental destruction. He of all people should be leading by example with how to make existing and future technologies more environmentally-friendly.
- dane-pgp 5y ago> indirectly endorsing environmental destruction. Didn't creating the web also indirectly cause a lot of environmental destruction? Oh, you mean that your energy use is strictly necessary, whereas other people using energy for something that doesn't interest you is morally wrong. Got it.
- hammyhavoc 5y agoI can list quite literally hundreds of problems solved by the web. How many problems can you say are solved by cryptoart?
- dane-pgp 5y ago... Less than hundreds. Okay, you have a point.
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