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We are working with very different definitions of "play well with open source;" Mine favors the ideals of free and open source software and doesn't really care

by jrm4 5y ago

We are working with very different definitions of "play well with open source;" Mine favors the ideals of free and open source software and doesn't really care much either way what happens to MS.

ethbr0 5y ago
Do you remember Microsoft of the 90s?
- still_grokking 5y ago
  Sure. Did something substantial change meanwhile?
- jrm4 5y ago
  I do. That one was much much worse than the one today, I grant you. But also, I've been around long enough to know why; if you think it's because Microsoft "grew a heart" or somesuch nonsense, I bet you also believe that hotels stopped doing small prepackaged bottles of shampoo and cleaning the sheets nightly because they care about the environment. Microsoft warmed to open source because THEY LOST. Their software was so inferior that they were eventually forced to admit it because they would lose money if they didn't. That's all.
  - ethbr0 5y ago
    So, the thing you didn't think was going to happen happened, and you don't care what happens to Microsoft, but you care that the thing happened because Microsoft lost?
    - jrm4 5y ago
      eh, I suppose I should have been more clear about "better direction." I meant a "much better direction."