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Comment by zabzonk

9 months ago

> So if someone is 60+ year old, chances are that most of his work has never been open source

Somewhat ageist? I'm 72 and have produced a number of FOSS tools.

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sebmellen  9 months ago

Truly. I know plenty of people in their 60s and 70s who use Git and are still very sharp programmers.

  • kragen  9 months ago

    Using Git is unrelated to whether the software you write is proprietary or open-source.

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