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step one: shift the focus from free software (liberty minded software) on to "open source" software. i.e. software which you can look but not touch. step two: profit
That's not remotely consistent with the way that term is used in practice...
I knew Chris DiBona quite well. While I don't know the whole community as well so this is a rash statement, it's hard to imagine anyone knowing more about open source than Chris does. And Chris, if you're reading this: you rock, man.
I knew Chris DiBona quite well. While I don't know the whole community as well so this is a rash statement, it's hard to imagine anyone knowing more about open source than Chris does. And Chris, if you're reading this: you rock, man.
This is 100% truth. Chris does rock! Unfathomable.
"What is Google doing with its open source teams?" Laying them off? It is quite sad to see.
It will be interesting to see amazing talent leave Google and build new companies and institutions now that it’s slowly being mismanaged to death.
Yes, our smartest people, who were once making people click ads, are now fired.
It will be interesting to see amazing talent leave Google and build new companies and institutions now that it’s slowly being mismanaged to death.
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This is 100% truth. Chris does rock! Unfathomable.
They let him go??? That's... Words fail.
By that same token, there is no one to blame but the founders now that Google has turned into another mediocre big corporation without vision.
I knew Chris DiBona quite well. While I don't know the whole community as well so this is a rash statement, it's hard to imagine anyone knowing more about open source than Chris does. And Chris, if you're reading this: you rock, man.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
They let him go??? That's... Words fail.
Google was supposed to have the capacity to stick to a long-term vision because the founders retained preferred stock with (IIRC) 10x voting rights. By that same token, there is no one to blame but the founders now that Google has turned into another mediocre big corporation without vision.
Its ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING that MS and Alphabet are being pushed into laying off collectively over 20K people so this billionaire can recover a bit. Like, could this not be a national security issue? This man is able to have Google trash their open source initiatives on a whim, making the company weaker. It should be very very illegal.
1: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4567705-chris-hohn-tci-fund... 2: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-20/hedge-fun...