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I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Just seems like everything is "this company did this to their employees" and less about "this novel messaging protocol offers these measured pros and cons." Or similar

And yes, I could post things, but I'm referring to what hits the top, 12h.

Can anyone rec communities with less of a biz and politics and wfh vs in-office vibe?

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

If your barometer for "potential" relies on market share, then you don't really understand what motivates a person to contribute effort to a FOSS project in the first place.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What’s your barometer, bearing in mind you said it had the potential to be a silver bullet? Silver bullet for what?

    I don’t want to sound defensive, but please don’t assume I’m not invested in FOSS. I’m on Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed and am the developer of half a dozen small FOSS projects on GitHub.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Silver bullet for what?

    At achieving the task it was designed for. I do not think it's correct to say that Linux can have "market share" in the market of commercial operating systems because it isn't commercial software. By not using proprietary software we are exiting the market.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Linux absolutely does not exist “outside the market”, that’s absurd. Red Hat, Canonical, SUSE etc aren’t charitable organisations. These major contributors to the Linux kernel aren’t doing so out of love for their fellow man.

    For you, yes, Linux is “free” if your measurement of cost is purely financial outlay.

    There’s a great back and forth here, and the original thread on Mastodon, which nicely covers both the evangelism (my original issue) and the “cost” of Linux. There’s plenty of reactions in there from people talking about the same things, from both sides of the coin.

    FOSS

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