When your old PC goes over the Windows 10 update cliff, can Windows 11 save it?
  • parpol@programming.devEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Except most big open source project are developed by companies, and only the tiny ones aren’t. This applies to all open source projects on all platforms.

    Also, most of them already are better. People just don’t want to change their layouts and workflows. And people also don’t value privacy, which if they would, they wouldn’t rate the proprietary software as half as good.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Exactly. For example:

      • LibreOffice - Collabora offers paid support for larger companies and does a ton of development on the core
      • WINE - CodeWeavers has their own proprietary version (CrossOver) that they sell as a commercial product; oh, and Valve helps a ton too
      • GNOME - RedHat/IBM funds it and most things in its ecosystem for its commercial customers

      And so on. Most big FOSS projects are backed by one or more companies with full-time developers supporting it. The difference is that the license makes lock-in a lot less likely, since the community (read: non-paid devs) will likely patch in compatibility (i.e. file support, data export, etc).