Comment by jbaczuk 3 years ago FOSS has risks too. 7 comments jbaczuk Reply type0 3 years ago Yes, it can even cause you to drop out of college https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32799090 jbaczuk 3 years ago lol Existenceblinks 3 years ago Yeah I feel sick every time people pride FOSS/OSS only from consumers' perspective. While there's just a few way to financially sustain projects. Existenceblinks 3 years ago Congratulation downvoters you've successfully used free software on the back of people for a long time and don't want changes. marcodiego 3 years ago Specially the risk of becoming a much better alternative. jbaczuk 3 years ago until users get too dependent on it and the maintainers stop maintaining it... or the maintainer goes rogue... or there is a vulnerability/bug introduced by someone... and you can't easily switch to another platform NayamAmarshe 3 years ago Yeah, risk for the proprietary competition.
type0 3 years ago Yes, it can even cause you to drop out of college https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32799090 jbaczuk 3 years ago lol Existenceblinks 3 years ago Yeah I feel sick every time people pride FOSS/OSS only from consumers' perspective. While there's just a few way to financially sustain projects. Existenceblinks 3 years ago Congratulation downvoters you've successfully used free software on the back of people for a long time and don't want changes.
Existenceblinks 3 years ago Yeah I feel sick every time people pride FOSS/OSS only from consumers' perspective. While there's just a few way to financially sustain projects. Existenceblinks 3 years ago Congratulation downvoters you've successfully used free software on the back of people for a long time and don't want changes.
Existenceblinks 3 years ago Congratulation downvoters you've successfully used free software on the back of people for a long time and don't want changes.
marcodiego 3 years ago Specially the risk of becoming a much better alternative. jbaczuk 3 years ago until users get too dependent on it and the maintainers stop maintaining it... or the maintainer goes rogue... or there is a vulnerability/bug introduced by someone... and you can't easily switch to another platform
jbaczuk 3 years ago until users get too dependent on it and the maintainers stop maintaining it... or the maintainer goes rogue... or there is a vulnerability/bug introduced by someone... and you can't easily switch to another platform
Yes, it can even cause you to drop out of college https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32799090
lol
Yeah I feel sick every time people pride FOSS/OSS only from consumers' perspective. While there's just a few way to financially sustain projects.
Congratulation downvoters you've successfully used free software on the back of people for a long time and don't want changes.
Specially the risk of becoming a much better alternative.
until users get too dependent on it and the maintainers stop maintaining it... or the maintainer goes rogue... or there is a vulnerability/bug introduced by someone... and you can't easily switch to another platform
Yeah, risk for the proprietary competition.