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As open is America with academics and western countries, other countries are just not that open. Until the feeling of grab only and don't give back it's horribl
by methuselah_in 3y ago
As open is America with academics and western countries, other countries are just not that open. Until the feeling of grab only and don't give back it's horrible. Take example of Linux just half of developing countries hardly contribute. Best example is aosp. People want to have roms but don't want to pay
- Qem 3y ago> Take example of Linux just half of developing countries hardly contribute. It's because Microsoft, a company with headquarters in a developed country, keeps bribing their officials for them to to ignore free software: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/25/22995144/microsoft-foreign-corrupt-practices-bribery-whistleblower-contracting https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/25/22995144/microsoft-foreig...
- Rinzler89 3y agoEven without bribes, Windows an Office are already so entrenched into any company and public institution and in the muscle memory of workers for decades at this point, that moving to something else means huge hurdles in terms of infra support and staff retraining, that it becomes the default acquisition choice by IT departments, even without bribes.
- sirtaj 3y agoI've been to universities in India where the CS faculty put their "free" Microsoft software boxes on display because the state government has made a deal with MS, but are running Linux on all the computers.