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Re:Open-source and the demise of proprietary software (2018) by whatsmyusername on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @03:39PM (#21874753)
It forces you to make products instead of tools. Putting tools behind a paywall is wack.
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Re:Open-source and the demise of proprietary software (2018) by amelius on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @05:47PM (#21875463)
Most software can be classified as a tool, except e.g. games.
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Re:Open-source and the demise of proprietary software (2018) by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @08:43AM (#21878454)
I think he means tools for making software not business tools
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