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TIL one of the most famous musical instrument companies primarily runs on open source software out of pure spite (www.cnet.com)

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Sterling Ball, whose company is the world's leading maker of premium guitar strings, explains why he made the move to open source and why he's never looked back since.*

*editorial: Spite!

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[-] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Just bought some Ernie ball accessories recently. I feel much better about that purchase. I wonder if the company still refuses MS products.

[-] AgentSeven@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know why they wouldn't, shit's just gotten way easier since then.

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

I generally use Ernie Ball strings, for no real reason, other than I'm already familiar with them. Now I have a good reason.

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