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Would we be better off with Akamai, Amazon, Apache Software Foundation, Apple, Cloudflare, Facebook/Meta, GitHub, Google, IBM, Linux Open Source Foundation, Mi
by ipaddr 5y ago
Would we be better off with
Akamai, Amazon, Apache Software Foundation, Apple, Cloudflare, Facebook/Meta, GitHub, Google, IBM, Linux Open Source Foundation, Microsoft, Oracle, RedHat and VMWare
having more control or total control over open source software? Creating moats that make it harder for the average developer to contribute to the ecosystem seems like a power grab.
On the surface it is a positive with benefits for the user but longterm it could be the death of open source.
Everytime a large corporate or two takes over a space no matter what they never give them back to them. This is turning open source over to existing powerful companies to control or kill.
At least they haven't made 'unregistered open source change' an illegal act yet but we are closer than ever
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- mistrial9 5y agothank you and I agree with your basic sentiment; that said, there has already been strong evolution by practitioners but that evolution is unpredictable, and perhaps more importantly not trusted. It could be said the penultimate executive function is to decide on change in trust, and then make it so. This is that sort. In my opinion as a US citizen, there is no realistic way out of this in the short term, but instead go to your teams and colleagues and emphasize your own executive privelages, understand what is being asked for "better security" and .. evolve.
- MangoCoffee 5y agothis is a nightmare of big govrt plus big tech. this will turn into yet another government granted monopoly like Telecom. few players control the entire industry and in return, govrt can tap into their network.