2026-07-17 08:39 UTC
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/116931490270096063
As much as I love the (F)OSS ecosystem, it is based on an original implicit premise that "everyone" has an advanced degree in engineering from a top university. Which gave enough proximity to intellectual elites to reflect some of that light while creating a bro culture ante literam that we are still dealing with.
Time to move on. Focus on making OSS software useful and acceptable to those organisations (public and private) who need it, and especially their end users.
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@mortenlarsen@mastodon.green 2026-07-17 08:44
The respectability from society will then have be based on actual value provided by the systems instead of lofty and somewhat primitive tirades about "freedom" and embarrassing think pieces about the difference between beer and speech. We will also have to wear a suit more often - or a suitable (pun intended) female equivalent. And in this context by "we", I really mean "you", but you get the drift.