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Large institutions and governments had been pushing back against open source too until it became obviously inevitable.

bandrami 8mo ago
It wasn't "inevitable", it took Red Hat and some other key players addressing the concerns the businesses and governments had, which took the better part of a decade. If LLMs as an ecosystem don't implode in the next year or so I imagine you'll start to see some big consultancies starting that same process for them.
- embedding-shape 8mo ago
  > it took Red Hat and some other key players addressing the concerns the businesses and governments had Red Hat? I don't think they are involved in the moves to FOSS for government agencies, mostly because they're American, and the ones who are currently moving quickly (in the government world at least) are the ones who aren't American and what to get rid of their reliance on American infrastructure and software.
  - bandrami 8mo ago
    Visit Washington DC some time and ride the metro. Red Hat puts out ads about all their public sector offerings.
    - embedding-shape 8mo ago
      > Visit Washington DC some time and ride the metro. Red Hat puts out ads about all their public sector offerings. I haven't had a single need to visit the US, and I still have zero needs for it. If I need to read subway ads to understand how a company is connected to FOSS, I think I'll skip that and continue using and working with companies who make that clear up front :) Thanks for the offer though!
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      - navigate8310 8mo ago
        RHEL is quite ubiquitous in the States, not everything is Microsoft Windows Server
        embedding-shape 8mo ago
        Right, but is "the States" currently trying to migrate away from US infrastructure and choosing FOSS to do so? That was the context I was entering this thread with, since most of the organizations moving to FOSS right now are doing so to move away from US infrastructure.
        hrimfaxi 8mo ago
        The whole context was how Red Hat was historically involved in addressing the concerns that were hindering government adoption. Are you just being intentionally obtuse to denigrate the US for some reason?
      - ambicapter 8mo ago
        An unnecessarily snarky response to someone offering you clear information.

It wasn't "inevitable", it took Red Hat and some other key players addressing the concerns the businesses and governments had, which took the better part of a decade. If LLMs as an ecosystem don't implode in the next year or so I imagine you'll start to see some big consultancies starting that same process for them.

embedding-shape 8mo ago
> it took Red Hat and some other key players addressing the concerns the businesses and governments had Red Hat? I don't think they are involved in the moves to FOSS for government agencies, mostly because they're American, and the ones who are currently moving quickly (in the government world at least) are the ones who aren't American and what to get rid of their reliance on American infrastructure and software.
- bandrami 8mo ago
  Visit Washington DC some time and ride the metro. Red Hat puts out ads about all their public sector offerings.
  - embedding-shape 8mo ago
    > Visit Washington DC some time and ride the metro. Red Hat puts out ads about all their public sector offerings. I haven't had a single need to visit the US, and I still have zero needs for it. If I need to read subway ads to understand how a company is connected to FOSS, I think I'll skip that and continue using and working with companies who make that clear up front :) Thanks for the offer though!
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    - navigate8310 8mo ago
      RHEL is quite ubiquitous in the States, not everything is Microsoft Windows Server
      - embedding-shape 8mo ago
        Right, but is "the States" currently trying to migrate away from US infrastructure and choosing FOSS to do so? That was the context I was entering this thread with, since most of the organizations moving to FOSS right now are doing so to move away from US infrastructure.
        hrimfaxi 8mo ago
        The whole context was how Red Hat was historically involved in addressing the concerns that were hindering government adoption. Are you just being intentionally obtuse to denigrate the US for some reason?
    - ambicapter 8mo ago
      An unnecessarily snarky response to someone offering you clear information.