Re: No, Microsoft, judge us by our action.
"Actually, who benefited hugely from open source?"
I have, given that almost all the software I run is open source, and much of it wouldn't have been attainable to me at all in the commercial world.
" Even GitHub is one of the "all eggs in one basket" Moloch."
Not really, given that every developer who has uploaded or downloaded code to/from github has the code on their own machines. It's trivial to move to another service, or to set up your own.
" it looks soon Bayer will kill the Monsanto brand, it's probably too toxic to keep."
Yes, but all that means is that instead of saying "Monsanto", everyone will say "Bayer". The toxicity doesn't vanish with the name.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
