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I understand why people like Figma. But just because you don’t like that Figma is selling their company doesn’t mean that the government should be involved. Wh
by scarface74 4y ago
I understand why people like Figma. But just because you don’t like that Figma is selling their company doesn’t mean that the government should be involved.
When a group of people thought they wanted a better operating system and databases that can’t be acquired - they created an open source offering. They didn’t depend on government intervention.
- ryder9 4y ago
- selimthegrim 4y agoDid that group of people include Larry Ellison?
- scarface74 4y agoNo but it did include the people who wrote MySQL (twice) and Postgres. It also included Linux and BSD. No one has ever said that they really wish Oracle was open source and that they would jump at the chance to use it.
- selimthegrim 4y agoMy point was he essentially used the CIA and the US government to basically steal some other company’s software and slap the Oracle badge on it.