Rebecca Giblin on chokepoint capitalism
Rebecca Giblin on chokepoint capitalism
Posted Mar 31, 2023 8:34 UTC (Fri) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523)In reply to: Rebecca Giblin on chokepoint capitalism by archaic
Parent article: Rebecca Giblin on chokepoint capitalism
This is extremely relevant to 'Open Source'.
GIt was designed as a distributed system where everybody could publish with just a website.
Github redefined GIT as a client server system when they own all the servers.
Even when one keeps a server, the pressure from the community to host the project on github is enormous.
The e14n of github has already started with compulsory participation to Copilot.
In some way we are back to 1989 when Microsoft controlled all usable software by controlling the OS.
GIt was designed as a distributed system where everybody could publish with just a website.
Github redefined GIT as a client server system when they own all the servers.
Even when one keeps a server, the pressure from the community to host the project on github is enormous.
The e14n of github has already started with compulsory participation to Copilot.
In some way we are back to 1989 when Microsoft controlled all usable software by controlling the OS.
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