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[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 8 months ago (4 children)
[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 35 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Thank you to the workers who actually programmed, tested, and implemented the thing*

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 8 months ago

to his credit as a billionaire he could have paid all those people to do something that sucks way more

[–] lightrush@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

To Gaben's credit he collects a lot less of the surplus these workers create than most other billionaires. But yes.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad he's not as evil as the other billionaires, but can we stop with the billionaire simping? Ironic that an account on a left-wing anarchist instance made that comment lmao

[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago
[–] maniajack@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

He's still a billionaire tho 🤮

[–] sonymegadrive@feddit.uk 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thank you ~~Lord Gaben~~ ~~CodeWeaverss~~ Sun Microsystems

It’s corporations making money off of OSS all the way down

[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

How do they make money with proton and foss?