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Sounds like he means the open source tools startups are generating can be used to target areas they are ignoring.
by robryan 15y ago
Sounds like he means the open source tools startups are generating can be used to target areas they are ignoring.
- mdda 15y agoIn that case "useful idiots" is a bit harsh (and not accurate from my reading of [1]). The creation of this much open source software is a true public good. The people producing it (both at small companies and big ones) may be working away at misguided projects, but it's wonderful that as a byproduct they're producing software useable by everyone. In the future, it may be obvious that the open-source side-effects of this SV generation were more value-creating than the businesses created directly. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot