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Re:Software Below the Poverty Line by cryptica on Thursday June 13, 2019 @02:37PM (#20177485)
>> The same can be said for some of the most popular open source projects. Angular? Originally by Google engineers, on Google company time. Tensorflow? Also Google. React? Built by Facebook. Atom? By Github. And the list continues with many-many projects.

It's not a coincidence that most popular open source projects come from big corporations. Their popularity has more to do with capital and social networks than actual merit. Also, I'm highly skeptical of open source projects which come out of corporations; their primary goal is not to help people, it's to gain mind-share and control.

There is not an ounce of altruism in corporations.

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Re:Software Below the Poverty Line by abdullahkhalids on Thursday June 13, 2019 @03:57PM (#20178091)
To follow up on your point, this is the real reason FAANG write open source software https://www.gwern.net/Complement
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Re:Software Below the Poverty Line by empath75 on Thursday June 13, 2019 @08:26PM (#20179721)
Open source software produced by consortiums of corporations is sort of a way to engage in anti competitive cooperation without running afoul of anti trust laws.
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