Just seems like everything is “this company did this to their employees” and less about “this novel messaging protocol offers these measured pros and cons.” Or similar

And yes, I could post things, but I’m referring to what hits the top, 12h.

Can anyone rec communities with less of a biz and politics and wfh vs in-office vibe?

  • Corgana@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I won’t dispute that fanboyism is thing, but also I don’t think many evangelists as it were view Linux as a “silver bullet”, just as the most ethical option given the alternatives. And they feel very strong feelings about this, that come across as Weird and Scary to people not used to seeing software treated with the same enthusiasm as politics.

    Also, I should add that many view open source software as having the potential to one day be the “silver bullet” in a way commercial software can never be due to it’s structure.

    • Quicky@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I’ve been reading about its potential for a long time. Maybe next year will be the year of Linux ;)

      • Corgana@startrek.websiteEnglish
        31·
        2 years ago

        If your barometer for “potential” relies on market share, then you don’t really understand what motivates a person to contribute effort to a FOSS project in the first place.

        • Quicky@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          What’s your barometer, bearing in mind you said it had the potential to be a silver bullet? Silver bullet for what?

          I don’t want to sound defensive, but please don’t assume I’m not invested in FOSS. I’m on Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed and am the developer of half a dozen small FOSS projects on GitHub.