We must end private software, and here's how
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We must end private software, and here's how
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Re: We must end private software, and here's how
#2Let's start by using google docs
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#3Let's start by using google docs
Let's build a better open source alternative.
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#6I'd rather end articles about how "we must" do any given silly thing.
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#7Let's start by using google docs
exactly my thoughts!
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#8Using Google Docs isn't ideal, and I didn't want to. However, I believe that the time has come that "ordinary people" (i.e. not HN readers) need to get interested in open source. I needed a solution that would be familiar and would definitely scale if the presentation got traffic.
The presentation is public domain.
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#9I'd rather end articles about how "we must" do any given silly thing.
Which part of the argument do you disagree with?
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Let's build a better open source alternative.
What alternatives did you try?
Nah.
He chose to use a service, something that contains software but is significantly more. He used a SaaS offering. That's not exactly unique, there's quite a movement towards using services instead of software.
I'm going to use an hour later today on using a SaaS which is basically open source hosted by the maintainers. Anyone can self-host that, hardly anyone does, because… because… I wish the presentation would go into those issues instead of rehashing the lost fights of the nineties.