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@derek5coms It's all about the value chain. Open software is often less polished because it's been built with far fewer resources.

@navybook @derek5coms There are 2 kinds of open APIs: standards-based & proprietary (their own design). News orgs tend to build the latter.

@derek5coms @navybook That reads as being cost-orientated too. Makes sense for infrastructure; much less so for end-user products.

@benhuh "How I gave up getting out of bed." Thinkpiece. Go!

@derek5coms I think you're completely right: the main advantage is "free as in beer". I'm also learning that people trust it *less*.

@derek5coms @navybook Part of a larger (selfish) exploration of how libre software can be self-sustainable and support a growing company.

@c_losrun dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__YAY__))))

@derek5coms @navybook I believe in software freedom. I don't believe that most users know or care what it is. That's what I'm testing.

@mapkyca @kevinmarks Also: I'm checking on what peoples' answers are now, not after it's been explained to them.

@mapkyca @kevinmarks This was unscientific - but the Fb answers were more instructive than Twitter for me. I'm planning on a larger survey.

Scoring how successful you are based on how much time you spend on a social network is a completely unproblematic idea.

@evanpro @obra Please read my thinkpiece about how I gave up tastebuds

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