Comment Comment by fellowniusmonk This "theft" is not a new argument, and its always been run by people who have a vested interest in killing open-source or who aren't part of it.In 2001 I had a guy at Oracle tell me it was a suckers game to write open source code.I've had M$ heads tell me ruby was a joke that would never amount to much because you couldn't use it in a "real business".I've had bad phil bros tell me in 2004 that open source was "anti american communism bullshit".It's ok to be a humanist and not a corporatist.It's ok to show generosity.It's ok to reject the crab bucket framing.Some of us are mature enough to be ok living in a better world even if still imperfect. parent fellowniusmonk 3 months ago
In 2001 I had a guy at Oracle tell me it was a suckers game to write open source code.
I've had M$ heads tell me ruby was a joke that would never amount to much because you couldn't use it in a "real business".
I've had bad phil bros tell me in 2004 that open source was "anti american communism bullshit".
It's ok to be a humanist and not a corporatist.
It's ok to show generosity.
It's ok to reject the crab bucket framing.
Some of us are mature enough to be ok living in a better world even if still imperfect.