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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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[-] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

You got to let us know if they get back to you.

[-] quill7513@anarchist.nexus 3 points 2 weeks ago

see edit2

[-] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

🤣 I am going to guess they are not using windows, or if they are it is pirated the poop out of it.

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