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The bulk of the software you literally just used to post that comment and get it to my eyeballs was open source. What on earth are you on about? The idea that
by ajross 4y ago
The bulk of the software you literally just used to post that comment and get it to my eyeballs was open source. What on earth are you on about? The idea that all software is immediately-visible UX should have died in the 80's. It wasn't even true then, but it was closer to true. Now, it's basically laughable.
Open source will do just fine whether you know it's there or not. It's been a "mainstream thing" for decades. The war you imagine was won, long ago.
- 0F5 4y agoThis is the same tired response I get every time I point this out. The Linux kernel exists, and with this single fact your entire argument is dismantled. It isn’t. Linux is the last example of open source software that is good enough to compete in the market. As soon as Linux dies or retires, Linux will decline and eventually be replaced by a commercial product. The only reason it hasn’t happened yet is because computers were too new to be seen as viable by capital and businesspeople.