▲ 463 ▼ World Without Corporations (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by trespasser69@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments Also checkout my new community: !tech_memes@lemmy.world
[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (2 children) Foss struggles to get dev time. If everything was foss, we could coordinate easier. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MMNT@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (3 children) I am a designer with 20 years of experience. I've tried contributing to FOSS, but the developers are incredibly stubborn and work purely guided by their own assumptions. Hence the horrible UX on so much FOSS. There are more than enough design people that would love to contribute, but are met with nothing but ridicule and insults. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] muix@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago Time for yet another fork permalink fedilink source parent [–] index@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago That has not much do to with FOSS but with the people you are working with. Proprietary software you can't even contribute freely to begin with permalink fedilink source parent [–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago This has been my experience as well but as a coder. I can't count the number of contributions I've made, many of them minor. I'm talking 20-30 lines of code max. I can count on two hands the number that have been either accepted or declined for a legitimate reason. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) Counterpoint - if everything was FOSS it would be absolute chaos with no direction, conflicting goals, incomplete projects, and limited oversight... and also lots of inter-dev-team drama and forking. For instance... source permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] index@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago it would be absolute chaos with no direction, conflicting goals, incomplete projects, and limited oversight You are describing the current scenario where everything is proprietary permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That looks fun. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago Some of these projects split from their parent branches for technical reasons... and some of them for not-so-technical reasons. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Everybody likes forking... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MMNT@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (3 children) I am a designer with 20 years of experience. I've tried contributing to FOSS, but the developers are incredibly stubborn and work purely guided by their own assumptions. Hence the horrible UX on so much FOSS. There are more than enough design people that would love to contribute, but are met with nothing but ridicule and insults. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] muix@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago Time for yet another fork permalink fedilink source parent [–] index@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago That has not much do to with FOSS but with the people you are working with. Proprietary software you can't even contribute freely to begin with permalink fedilink source parent [–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago This has been my experience as well but as a coder. I can't count the number of contributions I've made, many of them minor. I'm talking 20-30 lines of code max. I can count on two hands the number that have been either accepted or declined for a legitimate reason. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] muix@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago Time for yet another fork permalink fedilink source parent
[–] index@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago That has not much do to with FOSS but with the people you are working with. Proprietary software you can't even contribute freely to begin with permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago This has been my experience as well but as a coder. I can't count the number of contributions I've made, many of them minor. I'm talking 20-30 lines of code max. I can count on two hands the number that have been either accepted or declined for a legitimate reason. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) Counterpoint - if everything was FOSS it would be absolute chaos with no direction, conflicting goals, incomplete projects, and limited oversight... and also lots of inter-dev-team drama and forking. For instance... source permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] index@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago it would be absolute chaos with no direction, conflicting goals, incomplete projects, and limited oversight You are describing the current scenario where everything is proprietary permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That looks fun. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago Some of these projects split from their parent branches for technical reasons... and some of them for not-so-technical reasons. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Everybody likes forking... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] index@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago it would be absolute chaos with no direction, conflicting goals, incomplete projects, and limited oversight You are describing the current scenario where everything is proprietary permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That looks fun. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago Some of these projects split from their parent branches for technical reasons... and some of them for not-so-technical reasons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago Some of these projects split from their parent branches for technical reasons... and some of them for not-so-technical reasons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Everybody likes forking... permalink fedilink source parent
