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Does it provide more value to you than it expects you to put in?
by wolframhempel 5y ago
Does it provide more value to you than it expects you to put in?
- moffkalast 5y agoDepends on how much my code is worth to them for their machine learning projects.
- wolframhempel 5y agoAll the reflexive anti-capitalism/anti-corporatism aside, the emergence of company-backed hubs such as Github has been a massive accelerator of the success and overall relevance of open source. When FOSS was confined to Linus Torvalds and co, sharing postings on Usenet groups, transparency and adoption stayed low and larger adopters rather paid intermediaries like Redhat to mitigate the risks of what was perceived as "niche software". Today, open-source is an undisputed standard and has a bustling scene of creators - made possible by easy-to-use and accessible tooling and hubs. Operating these isn't free - but in difference to OS itself, I don't think there is any inherent conflict between providing OS infrastructure and a profit motive. Maybe there will be a fully decentralized, blockchain-based version of Github with individual users contributing for the value they receive in the future, but until then Github - whether owned by MS or not - remains a massive enabler for OS at large.