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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by pacala on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:14PM (#23224354)
FWIW, open source is not an absolute good. It is undercutting the ability of your peers to make a living. It is making software a commodity, such that capital rich hardware owners can make a killing. See AWS.

Commoditize your complement. https://www.gwern.net/Complement

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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by SquareWheel on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:24PM (#23224508)
It may not be common, but it is possible to make money on open-source software. Redhat would be the largest example. Automattic's WordPress is another.

If software can be profitable whether it's open or closed-source, then isn't open-source inherently better?

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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by Apes on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:34PM (#23225572)
I'm not sure RedHat is a good example any more, since they were aquired by IBM.
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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by cosmojg on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:52PM (#23225866)
They continue to operate fairly independently, and there business is still fully open source. IBM executives have also paid lip service to their model, suggesting they might move towards it. (Of course, lip service is lip service, and action is action. Two different things.)
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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by dleslie on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:29PM (#23224585)
This is what the AGLP3 is for.
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