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Hasn't that been the mantra of open source for 40 years. Armies of companies, trillions of valuation, or even just Wayland, suggest that isn't always the case.
by tiahura 4mo ago
Hasn't that been the mantra of open source for 40 years. Armies of companies, trillions of valuation, or even just Wayland, suggest that isn't always the case.
- eikenberry 4mo agoSo free software can only be considered a successful strategy if every single project succeeds?
- idiotsecant 4mo agoAnd yet, Linux runs approximately every ounce of computing substrate on earth
- overfeed 4mo agoThe Linux Foundation was bankrolled by the US government (via grants and code donations) to undermine the EU Operating System industry. Symbian was going to be amazing, until Microsoft - an American company with government links - nuked it /s
- idiotsecant 4mo agothis is the part where you make a point cogent to the point to which you responded.
- tiahura 4mo agoThe point that I was responding to was that open sores leads to faster development. It's 2026 and "Next Year will be the year of Linux on the Desktop" since about 2000. One would have to conclude that there is little correlation b/w openness and progress speed. Sometimes open is faster, sometimes it isn't.