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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by rpastuszak on Friday November 17, 2023 @08:16AM (#38303058)
I had this moment of cognitive dissonance when I noticed that one colleagues would use "open source" as a synonym for "poor quality". Context: I was working as a contractor, for a bank. That colleague was managing a bunch of *nix instances used to deploy our web services.
Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by nablaone on Friday November 17, 2023 @08:43AM (#38303409)
Because open source projects are not products per se. If you use mostly a proprietary software, open source project can be perceived as "poor quality product".