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@jf That sounds excellent. I miss the smell of Oxford, where the scent of the old books under the streets wafts up through the drains.

@mapkyca @kevinmarks I want to test this at scale, basically, ruling out peoples' politics and other inclinations.

@jf I had no idea that was there! Sold.

@obra Getting into that garden is very high on my east bay bucket list.

@derek5coms Exactly. For everyone else, boils down to: where do revenue and investment come from?

@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.

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