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> This kind of argument has been used a lot against free open source software, and I doubt many readers of HN are very sympathetic to it. FOSS is a foot in the
by Domenic_S 15y ago
> This kind of argument has been used a lot against free open source software, and I doubt many readers of HN are very sympathetic to it.
FOSS is a foot in the door -- how many of us get consulting contracts or even FT jobs implementing or managing that FOSS? FOSS doesn't run itself, unlike a photo that anyone can ship over to snapfish or uprint.