multiple processes?!
I like that they bring up all these informations, just to conclude, that neo-liberalism would be the solution (instead of the problem).
there is plenty open source software, that you can buy. There are many modes:
- you buy the support (redhead)
- you buy the long-term-support (ubuntu)
- you pay for backports to old releases (keycloak iirc)
- there is a open source version, and you can pay for enterprise features and hosting (gitlab)
- there is an open source version, and you pay for customization (star office, iirc)
and my personal favorit:
- you pay a random developer to submit pullrequests for bugs that are relevant to you
oh nice. If this trend continues, they will be by 4 million tommorrow and 20 million next week and by summer every human on earth will have an account.
fun fact: this is called "Reductio ad absurdum" and it's a valid strategy in debate/rethoric.
It works great when countering stupid shit that sounds logical but really isn't.
who thought hamas was communist?
There Are Two Types Of People in this world:
- those who can extrapolate incomplete data
the general strategie is called "embrace, extend, extinguish". This strat is the reason, why everyone uses MS Office today
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
user shouting
user: "YOU MUST IMPLEMENT XYZ!!!! IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR MY USECASE"
answer: "Thanks for your feed back. We accept pull requests. "
and the user was never heard from again.
if they would stop calling it vandalism, it would take away all the fun