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> And, by a lucky dice roll, it became the first real success of the open-source world Guess I need to wait for the Linux kernel to become popular & succeed. (

> And, by a lucky dice roll, it became the first real success of the open-source world Guess I need to wait for the Linux kernel to become popular & succeed. (Amongst thousands of other great pieces of open source software). Possible one of the worst takes I’ve seen on the internet for a while. Oh, the internet, guess that hasn’t succeeded either?

RobotToaster 3y ago
Guess someone should tell the ruby devs they aren't a success.
- CountSessine 3y ago
  Yeah the python and rust devs will be pretty crestfallen too. All that wasted effort for all of these failed projects!
mogoh 3y ago
Just look at this pathatic open-source failures: VLC, Chrome, Firefox, and Wikipedia.
kgwxd 3y ago
Yikes, I'm sure they mean the open-source world of social media applications.
simlevesque 3y ago
Where's "the internet"'s source code ? Is it on GitHub ? I agree that Mastodon being the first success is a bad take but the internet is not an open-source project. There are RFC's, protocols, but that's not what open-source is.
- cykros 3y ago
  Microsoft was pretty happy though that an open source TCP/IP stack existed on FreeBSD so they didn't have to go and actually write their own for Windows.
Colex 3y ago
From the context laid in the article, the author meant the first open source project that succeeded without a push from a big private company. Not saying anything about the factuality of that, just bringing the context into the thread as it’s being ignored. The author mentions Linux as an example in the blog, but says that they had a strong push from IBM. Here’s the full quote: > We’ve seen some free products gain tremendous traction, but only after help from big businesses. For example, Linux got a lot of support from IBM; Android is Google-owned, and VSCode is from Microsoft.
MilStdJunkie 3y ago
Hey guys I heard there's this new open source 3d editor called Blender, is it any good? /s
- NikkiA 3y ago
  If it was any good they'd be charging for it. /s but there are plenty of people that actually think it.
rsynnott 3y ago
From context I think they mean the first really successful open source _social network_. Though I’d argue this isn’t quite true; blogs were used as a form of early social network, particularly with features like pingbacks, so Wordpress is also a candidate.
- cykros 3y ago
  Never mind the finger protocol, or BBS's which were often open source, if not Free Software. But given the attitude, no doubt the author doesn't remember these things.

RobotToaster 3y ago

Guess someone should tell the ruby devs they aren't a success.

CountSessine 3y ago
Yeah the python and rust devs will be pretty crestfallen too. All that wasted effort for all of these failed projects!

mogoh 3y ago

Just look at this pathatic open-source failures: VLC, Chrome, Firefox, and Wikipedia.

kgwxd 3y ago

Yikes, I'm sure they mean the open-source world of social media applications.

simlevesque 3y ago

Where's "the internet"'s source code ? Is it on GitHub ? I agree that Mastodon being the first success is a bad take but the internet is not an open-source project. There are RFC's, protocols, but that's not what open-source is.

cykros 3y ago
Microsoft was pretty happy though that an open source TCP/IP stack existed on FreeBSD so they didn't have to go and actually write their own for Windows.

Colex 3y ago

From the context laid in the article, the author meant the first open source project that succeeded without a push from a big private company. Not saying anything about the factuality of that, just bringing the context into the thread as it’s being ignored. The author mentions Linux as an example in the blog, but says that they had a strong push from IBM. Here’s the full quote: > We’ve seen some free products gain tremendous traction, but only after help from big businesses. For example, Linux got a lot of support from IBM; Android is Google-owned, and VSCode is from Microsoft.

MilStdJunkie 3y ago

Hey guys I heard there's this new open source 3d editor called Blender, is it any good? /s

NikkiA 3y ago
If it was any good they'd be charging for it. /s but there are plenty of people that actually think it.

rsynnott 3y ago

From context I think they mean the first really successful open source _social network_. Though I’d argue this isn’t quite true; blogs were used as a form of early social network, particularly with features like pingbacks, so Wordpress is also a candidate.

cykros 3y ago
Never mind the finger protocol, or BBS's which were often open source, if not Free Software. But given the attitude, no doubt the author doesn't remember these things.