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Come on, that is being being pedantic about semantics. They do not need to be all-in with open source to like it/love it/appreciate it.
by aluminussoma 5y ago
Come on, that is being being pedantic about semantics. They do not need to be all-in with open source to like it/love it/appreciate it.
- AshamedCaptain 5y agoNo, it's not: the point is that they're basically saying "we love it as long as it's someone else who loses potential profits, not us". This is kind of a significant, and not a semantic minor detail. If one believes that open source something can lead to a loss of profits, then one must believe also that the open source software they have likely used has already made that sacrifice. It's easy to appreciate the sacrifice of others but then fail to make it oneself.
- sinuhe69 5y agoOr the authors of the OS projects didn’t intend to earn money with it at all. Which can be perfectly the case!
- smoldesu 5y ago"We love all-you-can-eat buffets, just not the part where you pay for it (so we climb through the window of our local Golden Corral to make our getaway)"
- giraffe_lady 5y ago"I love all you can eat buffets but today I'm not really that hungry and it throws off the balance of cost to result so I think I'll just get a sandwich." This metaphor is alright for this actually.