Re:Schools should be using open source software
by _carbyau_ on Monday May 30, 2022 @08:33PM
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I'd support your comments in the general sense as you seem to intend.
This is the dichotomy of Open Source. The tool tinkerers can build fantastic things - but only what they want because it is their free time and effort. If it happens to align with the market, then great, if not, too bad.
My personal favourite exception is Blender. As a long running project it seemed to get more and more aligned with the market until the industry saw it was "close enough" to start supporting it.
If we could replicate this for other tools it'd be nice.
This is the dichotomy of Open Source. The tool tinkerers can build fantastic things - but only what they want because it is their free time and effort. If it happens to align with the market, then great, if not, too bad.
My personal favourite exception is Blender. As a long running project it seemed to get more and more aligned with the market until the industry saw it was "close enough" to start supporting it.
If we could replicate this for other tools it'd be nice.