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I like Joel & Jeff, but haven't they already walked down the evil road just a step or two? I remember Jeff stating (correctly) that Google's "don't be evil" do
by geekboy 15y ago
I like Joel & Jeff, but haven't they already walked down the evil road just a step or two?
I remember Jeff stating (correctly) that Google's "don't be evil" doesn't go far. That SO's philosophy was "do good."
However, when asked why they don't open source their code, the response boiled down to "well, we won't make money then."
Not that any of it's wrong -- and, again I love SO -- but it didn't take either of them very long to forgo their principals in favor of cash.
- simonw 15y agoThat's quite a strange argument - it's like meeting someone who says that they care deeply about being a good person and saying "well why don't you give all of your money to charity then". Not releasing the source code for StackOverflow is absolutely not a "step down the evil road". If they decided to relicense everyone's existing contributions under a less open license I'd be worried.