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Um, no -- the goal of GNU was to provide free software, so the analogy would be: "These GNU people only produce things for their weird philosophy. I don't care

by theamk 5y ago

Um, no -- the goal of GNU was to provide free software, so the analogy would be: "These GNU people only produce things for their weird philosophy. I don't care about freedom, give me software I can use." And guess what? In just 4 years since GNU started, they had "assembler, an almost finished portable optimizing C compiler (GCC), an editor (GNU Emacs), and various Unix utilities (such as ls, grep, awk, make and ld)" [0]. Something that could be used even if you don't care about Stallman or software freedom. If the goal of Web3 was to create blockchain libraries, no one would complain. But people, like you, say that Web3 has "useful applications" -- so what are those? Web3 is around for way long than 4 years, and it has much more people working too. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Project

rglullis 5y ago
I am pretty sure that Ethereum got their VM, Solidity and plenty of libraries to support the development of smart contracts in (much) less than 4 years. > so what are those? Make up your damn mind! What counts as "useful" for you, GCC or Google Maps? My guess is that you don't really care. You just want to take whatever answer you get and spin it in a way that pleases your biases and can score you some internet points. So please quit wasting my time and go find something better to do with your life. Come back when you have done something that actually matters to people.
- theamk 5y ago
  What's hard in this? For a project whose target audience is "regular people", like the Web, the goal is the things which matter to people. Example: google maps. For a project whose target audience is "programmers", like the GNU, the goal is the things which matter to programmers. Example: emacs, GNU make. What is the target audience of crypto websites?
  - rglullis 5y ago
    You are defining the GNU project as something for "programmers", which is simply wrong. The point of GNU is to have a Free/Libre Operating system (beyond the kernel) for everyone. > What is the target audience of crypto websites? People that care about self-sovereignty. Anyone that can not /does not/wants not to rely on central authority as their only means to interact with others around the world.

by theamk 5y ago

rglullis 5y ago

I am pretty sure that Ethereum got their VM, Solidity and plenty of libraries to support the development of smart contracts in (much) less than 4 years. > so what are those? Make up your damn mind! What counts as "useful" for you, GCC or Google Maps? My guess is that you don't really care. You just want to take whatever answer you get and spin it in a way that pleases your biases and can score you some internet points. So please quit wasting my time and go find something better to do with your life. Come back when you have done something that actually matters to people.

theamk 5y ago
What's hard in this? For a project whose target audience is "regular people", like the Web, the goal is the things which matter to people. Example: google maps. For a project whose target audience is "programmers", like the GNU, the goal is the things which matter to programmers. Example: emacs, GNU make. What is the target audience of crypto websites?
- rglullis 5y ago
  You are defining the GNU project as something for "programmers", which is simply wrong. The point of GNU is to have a Free/Libre Operating system (beyond the kernel) for everyone. > What is the target audience of crypto websites? People that care about self-sovereignty. Anyone that can not /does not/wants not to rely on central authority as their only means to interact with others around the world.