▲ 863 ▼ German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux and LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog (blog.documentfoundation.org) submitted 2 years ago by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml 142 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip -9 points 2 years ago* (1 child) And having a government as a significant backer for an open source project is a great recipe for conflicts of interest and general trust erosion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bort@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child) who else should be a significant backer for an open source project? google? microsoft? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip -4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Things get weird as corporations increasingly have power comparable to nation states. But, generally, I would rather a megacorporation than a government. Because megacorps are at least "smart enough" to pretend they aren't trying to take over the world. Whereas governments have a tendency to justify a lot of horrible shit for righteous reasons. But, in a perfect world? I would rather a wide range of different donors and backers but mostly clustering around maybe fortune 500 companies instead of fortune 10? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bort@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Because megacorps are at least “smart enough” to pretend they aren’t trying to take over the world. there are enough examples for corps doing evil things. You hear about them less often, because they cover their tracks and the outcry is generally smaller than when governments do similar things. Whereas governments have a tendency to justify a lot of horrible shit for righteous reasons. corps justify a lot of horribble shit for financial reasons. Is that better? permalink fedilink source parent [+] sudneo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child) who else should be a significant backer for an open source project? google? microsoft? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip -4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Things get weird as corporations increasingly have power comparable to nation states. But, generally, I would rather a megacorporation than a government. Because megacorps are at least "smart enough" to pretend they aren't trying to take over the world. Whereas governments have a tendency to justify a lot of horrible shit for righteous reasons. But, in a perfect world? I would rather a wide range of different donors and backers but mostly clustering around maybe fortune 500 companies instead of fortune 10? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bort@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Because megacorps are at least “smart enough” to pretend they aren’t trying to take over the world. there are enough examples for corps doing evil things. You hear about them less often, because they cover their tracks and the outcry is generally smaller than when governments do similar things. Whereas governments have a tendency to justify a lot of horrible shit for righteous reasons. corps justify a lot of horribble shit for financial reasons. Is that better? permalink fedilink source parent [+] sudneo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip -4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Things get weird as corporations increasingly have power comparable to nation states. But, generally, I would rather a megacorporation than a government. Because megacorps are at least "smart enough" to pretend they aren't trying to take over the world. Whereas governments have a tendency to justify a lot of horrible shit for righteous reasons. But, in a perfect world? I would rather a wide range of different donors and backers but mostly clustering around maybe fortune 500 companies instead of fortune 10? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bort@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Because megacorps are at least “smart enough” to pretend they aren’t trying to take over the world. there are enough examples for corps doing evil things. You hear about them less often, because they cover their tracks and the outcry is generally smaller than when governments do similar things. Whereas governments have a tendency to justify a lot of horrible shit for righteous reasons. corps justify a lot of horribble shit for financial reasons. Is that better? permalink fedilink source parent [+] sudneo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Because megacorps are at least “smart enough” to pretend they aren’t trying to take over the world. there are enough examples for corps doing evil things. You hear about them less often, because they cover their tracks and the outcry is generally smaller than when governments do similar things. Whereas governments have a tendency to justify a lot of horrible shit for righteous reasons. corps justify a lot of horribble shit for financial reasons. Is that better? permalink fedilink source parent