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I think that the photos they have on their front page should be enough to tell you who is their target market. I've invented this heuristic: if the page that d
by bfkwlfkjf 10mo ago
I think that the photos they have on their front page should be enough to tell you who is their target market.
I've invented this heuristic: if the page that describes the project uses the word "solutions", then they'll attempt to use "open source" to obtain free labour, but will distribute the revenues only amongst those people who actually have control.
- dotancohen 10mo agoBlack businesswomen? Firefighters? White servicemen? White software developers? I really don't get what you're implying. I don't see any problem with the photos on the mattermost front page. https://mattermost.com/ https://mattermost.com/
- bfkwlfkjf 10mo agoEverything you mentioned in that list in people who can pay. As opposed to people who code and they use what they code, and furthermore share it with other people who also code and use what they code. It's "open source" so that they save on developer costs, not for ideological reasons, and you can tell from the photos on their front page - that's what I was implying.
- xhkkffbf 10mo agoI think this is kind of cynical. I often adopt open source tools because I want to avoid vendor lockin. And so do many. It's not like I say, "Wow. Another code base to dive into and spend hours trying to understand." Nope. I just want the assurance that I can do it if I ever need to do so.
- stavros 10mo agoI don't think the GP implied anything about race? The photos I see are war frigates, power plants, some sort of military operations center, and commercial airliners. Think "enterprise", rather than "racism".
- bfkwlfkjf 10mo agoExactly. But some people think everyone else is racist. Those people's skin colour didn't even register.
- dotancohen 10mo agoI left every option open for OP to explain. I personally couldn't care less what skin colour are in any of the photos. Not a single one of them match my own.
- notarobot123 10mo agoGovernmental organizations and corporate firms is the vibe (or maybe that was obvious and you're just trolling). I think the point was that open source hasn't often been supported by companies serving these kinds of markets and the interests of the broader community are often sidelined.