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Re:Windows for Linux Nerds by Twisell on Thursday September 14, 2017 @05:07AM (#15246148)
In which way transitioning to from full closed source to native POSIX implementation and (10 years after) developing swift as FOSS is a bad/disrespectful trajectory in you opinion?
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Re:Windows for Linux Nerds by kronos29296 on Thursday September 14, 2017 @09:04AM (#15247518)
Programming languages that are popular are transitioning to FOSS (even MS is doing it). Proprietary programming cannot succeed in today's crowded ecosystem. If swift was closed source but free to nobody would use it unlike 20 years ago. So swift being OSS is the only decision.
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