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> ...from my point of view, they are currently the most open out of all the big companies (Google, Facebook, Apple, etc) I'm curious to know how you're measuri
by sangnoir 5y ago
> ...from my point of view, they are currently the most open out of all the big companies (Google, Facebook, Apple, etc)
I'm curious to know how you're measuring openness. I agree Apple is the least open of the group, but Facebook and Google owe their existence to FLOSS, and were always in harmony with it from their origins.
- billti 5y agoBut is Facebook the product or it’s social/recommendation algorithms open source? Is Google’s search engine or ad platform open source? Companies are open source where it’s of value to them, but they don’t give away the family jewels if they can help it.
- sangnoir 5y agoYou may have read something in my comment I didn't (mean to) express - none of thr companies open source their crown jewels (e.g. Windows). I subjectively don't see how Microsoft can be seen as the most open, and I was curious to know how parent came to that conclusion. Microsoft (and perhaps Apple too) are the ones with a history of antagonism with open-source/GPL.