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Is it not possible for open source software to die by not having any interest or maintainers? Is it not possible for open source software with no forks to be ta
by dangus 1y ago
Is it not possible for open source software to die by not having any interest or maintainers? Is it not possible for open source software with no forks to be taken offline forever because the creator decided to take it down?
I thought when you were making the argument that all proprietary software is destined to die that you were actually making a real argument to say that it will die because it will become inferior to open source software that customers will prefer.
But no, actually, you’re making a completely pointless argument about how a specific version of software will die because it has been surpassed by a future version of it, and you’re just cynically assuming that all proprietary software eventually gets worse, that you’ll actually want to go back to an old version and fork it to maintain it.
But this argument is just plain false for a lot of people who use that software. No, my Autodesk isn’t going to “die” because it’s updated monthly and I can’t use the old version, just like a McDonald’s doesn’t “die” because the hamburger I ate from them yesterday doesn’t exist anymore.