Media Contradicts Itself, Redefines Proprietary Software as 'Open'... for Microsoft
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-10-19 13:14:25 UTC
- Modified: 2020-10-19 13:14:25 UTC
Today's borderline satire plays into the Gates-connected "inner source" scam (portraying things as the exact opposite of what they are, e.g. famous/high-profile criminals as "philanthropists")
Summary: Proprietary GitHub is being spun as Microsoft going "open" (nothing could be further from the truth) in another EEE-type move with diffusion and confusion
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