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Another take: Maybe many of us in software have enjoyed a long run of productivity driven by open source availability. That productivity is now baked into many software cultures (who doesn't assume they can use industry standard libraries, outside of very sensitive environments?) and an expected part of what programmers can do.

Imagine turning around 40 years in and telling business folks "Oh crap, actually we're only 20% as effective because we've been ignoring glaring security, maintainability, and social issues around FOSS that we've simultaneously benefited from for decades".

Feels like some golden handcuffs to me!




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