▲ 310 ▼ Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survives (rys.io) submitted 1 year ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 child) Which is crazy because like... you think they would have heard of linux before permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 year ago tbh these people would probably say linux is too niche anyways but, like, imagine a project that's entirely free, backed by donations, fully open-source, and so successful that it's name has become a generic term for what it is. a project so successful that basically everyone who's ever been online has used it and uses it frequently. a project so ubiquitous that almost everyone takes it for granted. too bad that doesn't exist! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 year ago tbh these people would probably say linux is too niche anyways but, like, imagine a project that's entirely free, backed by donations, fully open-source, and so successful that it's name has become a generic term for what it is. a project so successful that basically everyone who's ever been online has used it and uses it frequently. a project so ubiquitous that almost everyone takes it for granted. too bad that doesn't exist! permalink fedilink source parent