Re:(Part 2) Embrace, Extend, Extinguish and Free Software
by daly on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @10:54PM
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"See? You were able to use the hardware you bought, what's the problem?"
"You bought a dishwasher that only allows soap purchased from General Mills. You figured out how to bypass the restriction. what's the problem?" Ummm... I bought a dishwasher to wash dishes.
"You bought a printer that only allows HP print cartridges. You figured out how to bypass the restriction. what's the problem?" Ummm... I bought a printer to print.
"You bought a laptop that only runs MS Store software. You figured out how to bypass the restriction. what's the problem?" Ummm... I bought a general purpose computer to compute.
Vendor lock-in is an "add-on" that controls hardware you bought, not for your benefit but for the company benefit. In some sense you bought "the right to use", not the right to own.
I develop open source software. I want it to run everywhere so I have various versions of hardware and software. I bought this laptop for Windows testing.
Unfortunately I didn't realize it was Windows 10 S. Initially I couldn't even install X11 which has been around since the late 80s. Testing involves a lot of other non-MS software such as emacs, docker and jenkins.
You don't seem to understand the subtle technique of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.
"You bought a dishwasher that only allows soap purchased from General Mills. You figured out how to bypass the restriction. what's the problem?" Ummm... I bought a dishwasher to wash dishes.
"You bought a printer that only allows HP print cartridges. You figured out how to bypass the restriction. what's the problem?" Ummm... I bought a printer to print.
"You bought a laptop that only runs MS Store software. You figured out how to bypass the restriction. what's the problem?" Ummm... I bought a general purpose computer to compute.
Vendor lock-in is an "add-on" that controls hardware you bought, not for your benefit but for the company benefit. In some sense you bought "the right to use", not the right to own.
I develop open source software. I want it to run everywhere so I have various versions of hardware and software. I bought this laptop for Windows testing.
Unfortunately I didn't realize it was Windows 10 S. Initially I couldn't even install X11 which has been around since the late 80s. Testing involves a lot of other non-MS software such as emacs, docker and jenkins.
You don't seem to understand the subtle technique of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.