TheGrumpyOldTroll
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Apr 25, 2024 7:21 PM
TheGrumpyOldTroll
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flarflarf
its more like a co-op but your thing is truthy enough.
heyletsbefriends
probably because its nonsense?
blackmetalcoyote
Better alternative than using that asshat as a meme template:
Valkor
companies pay for features all the time.
realrealluckless
Companies do pay to implement stuff all the time, but one of the really neat tricks of commercial FOSS has been being able to convince unpaid labour that they're somehow not unpaid labour in a for-profit system...
lastmanonearthbutidroppedmyglasses
Because it’s not really accurate?
TheGrumpyOldTroll
that's a take, i suppose. It wasn't meant to be, either, I think that counts for something.. But it's also only as good as what people contribute? which has been nice so far?
SwampApe75
linux is an operating system, the dev base individuals who show up the most in manpages are the union...my contrib
Mazzy94
Because it's reqlly more of an ornate hobby that user indulge in more for it's own sake than using their computers as tools.
Not that I like the large corporations controlling OS's, but Linux is not a labour union nor have I found it a useful solution versus how much time and maintenance it requires.
Frenchgeek
https://truelist.co/blog/linux-statistics/
SwampApe75
words on image, discuss
GhostoftheNorth
For some reason,I always though Linux was for simpletons who can't figure out Windows.
realrealluckless
The two core groups who use Linux: Those who don't want to be bothered managing/paying for Windows/Unix licenses, and those who want to pretend they're somehow better than people who just pay for[or not...] a Windows license?
Oneill249
That was then this is now - we are not going to talk about how long that “activate windows” watermark has been on
realrealluckless
What watermark... You saw no watermark... [Honestly think everyone I work with has been good on actually activating stuff. But my head of IT is 'a tad intense' about licenses and account access. He is also German, and hilariously so in that special way only some Germans who acknowledge it can be...]
Oneill249
Hahah! Hilarious. For some licenses and programs I probably would agree with your German boss.
It’s funnier because I helped build an interface for a program for “you know who” that would check all copies of all those products on a company’s networked computers to confirm compliance.
Not sure if they ever did anything with the data but I do find it funny