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Re:Microsoft Donated Money to Gnome: Remember How They Attac... by rnd0 on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @10:16AM (#31824205)
> I don't know if "they are going to be evil, just wait!" is a useful point of view when you could be taking advantage of their not being evil today.

You can do both, at least as a user. Take advantage of the positive resources (github, etc) while being aware of or even supporting alternatives as well (god help us if we ever lose GCC and CLang becomes a monopoly).

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Re:Microsoft Donated Money to Gnome: Remember How They Attac... by SketchySeaBeast on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @10:18AM (#31824218)
Totally agree with that, no reason to not take advantage of other environments as well.
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