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   Jeff Geerling (geerlingguy@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 10:19:28 JST Jeff Geerling

   As free money dries up and profits slow, companies slash headcount almost as fast as #opensource community trust.

   My thoughts on IBM's HashiCorp buyout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNcBk6cwim8

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     Greg Brooks (keyboardg@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 10:19:35 JST Greg Brooks

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     @geerlingguy Great video. For fun how you pronounced Suse. https://youtu.be/nLdexZlVkAY?si=fxcVl5_ryU6EdL3A

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     R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: (rl_dane@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 12:26:18 JST R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

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     @geerlingguy

     It's so rare to see the difference between #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource explained in "mainstream" technical media.

     Thanks for bringing attention to that.

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     Jeff Geerling (geerlingguy@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 12:26:22 JST Jeff Geerling

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     • R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:
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     @libreuser @RL_Dane I don't really promote proprietary software, it's more of a statement that if you don't care about free / open source software, don't put up a facade (to companies that do the rugpull). Just be honest and say you don't wish the participate in those movements at all instead of leading people on.

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     libreuser (libreuser@techhub.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 12:26:23 JST libreuser

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     • R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

     @RL_Dane @geerlingguy I agree, but we should never promote Open Source. It's a harmful movement of proprietary shills. We should use the term Free Software instead.

     Also it's a shame he says it's ok to make proprietary software if you want to make money. It's possible to make money in ethical ways and the FSF even encourages people to sell Libre Software: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html

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     Luke Nelson (luc122c@social.nelson.zone)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 12:26:28 JST Luke Nelson

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     @geerlingguy I just wanted to say that the size of your browser and text when you do these segments is spot on 👌 It's a difficult thing to pull off since everyone has different screen sizes and densities. Thank you. 🙏

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     Mackaj (mackaj@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 12:26:33 JST Mackaj

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     @geerlingguy

     Agree with everything you said there Jeff 👍🏻

     I'd not really given much thought to the difference between Free Software and Open Source before today and just treated them as if they were synonymous. I'll pay more attention in future.

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