Stop Building on Corporate-Controlled Languages

Re:Stop Building on Corporate-Controlled Languages by pphysch on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @12:40PM (#34429997)

Since the 70s, Washington has largely abandoned public investment in favor of the private sector. Zero surprise that this dynamic emerged in the software industry.

Of course, in an alternate timeline where the government successfully funds public/"open source" software, this post would be titled "Stop Building on Government-Controlled Languages".

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Re:Stop Building on Corporate-Controlled Languages by phone8675309 on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @01:09PM (#34430460)

Even worse, neoliberal policies have taken things developed with public dollars and gave them away to private firms for them to close off and take ownership of.

Look at what happened to NSFNet and how it's no longer a network that's open but now a part of a large, billion/trillion dollar oligopoly with no obligation to serve anyone who won't make them a profit.

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Re:Stop Building on Corporate-Controlled Languages by fithisux on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @01:51PM (#34431108)

Every where in "west". 1975 is the critical year.

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Re:Stop Building on Corporate-Controlled Languages by pphysch on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @01:56PM (#34431206)

1971 was when Washington really abandoned the Westphalian, internationalist, UN-arbitrated world order in favor of seeking unipolar world domination, by abandoning the gold-backed USD in favor of a violence-backed USD/"petrodollar".

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Re:Stop Building on Corporate-Controlled Languages by fithisux on Sunday January 22, 2023 @03:09AM (#34475386)

Thank you for the info.

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