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No one cares about open-source, until...

by mthld on 2/15/24, 10:01 PM with 1 comments

  • by nonrandomstring on 2/15/24, 10:15 PM

    It's time businesses took the TCO of "free" platforms into account, including the impact of "sunsetting" and "acceleration".

    The Google Graveyard [0] isn't just a spectacle of cavalier disregard, it's a monument to millions of hours of people's lives, including whole businesses destroyed on a whim.

    Proper free open source licenses matter when it comes to long term continuity of operations and resilience.

    [0] https://killedbygoogle.com/