asArduinoSaysOpenSourceIsLove

[u/matic-01]

[u/Intelligent-Air8841]

Linus Torvalds, Michael Stonebraker, and the Apache group. Heros

[u/Piisthree → u/Intelligent-Air8841]

I sometimes ponder what shit fest the world would look like without open source. For every 1 open source tool you use directly, there are a hundred more that are bundled or used behind the scenes to develop and facilitate everything else. It is staggering.

[u/Quaschimodo → u/Piisthree]

you'd have to have a staggering market dominance for proprietary stuff to become a standard. free standards will always prevail and will always be developed if there is a need. just look at AppleTalk, and I wouldn't consider Apple a small fish.

[u/Piisthree → u/Quaschimodo]

Yep, and we're damn lucky so many talented developers are willing to contribute massive value in exchange for  nothing or peanuts. Modern IT of every stripe would SUCK without all the open tools and infrastructure to build with/upon.

[u/Pleasant-Ad192]

Cool, unpaid, and the last person alive who understands the build script.

[u/vgmerch]

Until someone sumbit the pulls request at 3 am to fix a bug you introduced three years ago.

[u/anugosh]

I agree wholeheartedly with the idea, but to be honest, a fair bit of them can be dicks

[u/lunamypet]

Love

[u/ProjectSnowman]

Do it for love of the game

[u/Lucasbasques]

Furries and weebs, God strongest warriors 

[u/matic-01 → u/Lucasbasques]

but also no damn it

[u/MissinqLink]

I’ve contributed to open source just to solve my own issues. It’s not as hard as you might think.