Re:Why Invest in Tools?
by leebyron on Monday July 06, 2015 @12:50AM
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Hey, original author here.
The moral obligation is real, and I personally feel quite strongly about it and I know most of my coworkers feel the same. Morality is relevant because it's a human feeling. It's easy to forget that even big companies like Facebook make decisions by the hands of single individuals.
Facebook was built on the LAMP stack >10 years ago. Without open source, Facebook wouldn't exist and we all know that.
I personally find satisfaction in sharing as much of the stuff we build as possible as open source in the hopes that others will be able to build something great.
The moral obligation is real, and I personally feel quite strongly about it and I know most of my coworkers feel the same. Morality is relevant because it's a human feeling. It's easy to forget that even big companies like Facebook make decisions by the hands of single individuals.
Facebook was built on the LAMP stack >10 years ago. Without open source, Facebook wouldn't exist and we all know that.
I personally find satisfaction in sharing as much of the stuff we build as possible as open source in the hopes that others will be able to build something great.