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PizzaRollPlinkett [soylentnews.org] writes:

http://steveburge.com/blog/open-source-communities-are-asking-the-wrong-questions/ [steveburge.com]

Just a random blog, but what caught my eye is seeing someone in the "open source" movement (not "free software" since that term isn't used anymore) noticing how big corporations are exploiting "open source" to build their walled gardens. He did not mention the Chromebook, which uses Linux to create something that is the opposite of everything free software stands for, a computer where you can't even save files locally. I've been pointing out for years how Apple, Google, and others are making their billions by exploiting "open source", to create something that is the opposite of everything the hacker ethos is about with closed hardware, walled gardens, and devices that are not general purpose. I'm not sure anyone cares about the hacker ethos these days, but at least someone has a glimmer that something is wrong.

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