Comment on What happened to techbros from the 90s to now?
motor_spirit@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoI don’t have time to verify if the answer is in this link but it seems to be relevant
Comment on What happened to techbros from the 90s to now?
motor_spirit@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoI don’t have time to verify if the answer is in this link but it seems to be relevant
Agrivar@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
“Microsoft, a tech company historically known for its opposition to the open source software paradigm, turned to embrace the approach in the 2010s. From the 1970s through 2000s under CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, Microsoft viewed the community creation and sharing of communal code, later to be known as free and open source software, as a threat to its business, and both executives spoke negatively against it.”
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Bill Gates’ primary quest was to destroy open source right from day 1. See “Hackers” by Steven Levy for more.