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@deadsuperhero "grandeur" is not the word. Linus and Dries both effectively sold out their projects to corporate interests for VC funding
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@deadsuperhero they were isolated itch-scratchers (sound familiar?), and had no clear commitment to any values, which made them recruitable
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@deadsuperhero if Linus and Dries were committed to non-corporate values we wouldn't need #Linux-libre, or #BackDrop and #Druptopia
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@strypey Don't forget "Enterprise Social Software" that "is OPEN for business". https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20110310010505/http://status.net/ #StatusNet
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@mjd fair cop, but "enterprise " means "inside your corporate firewall". It's a totally different market from "web-based social network".
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@mjd #Mastadon's appeal is at least partly the network effect of being part of a much larger, pre-existing #Federation
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@strypey Yes, but optimising the software for corporate use means de-optimising for other uses. In Evan's defense, apparently there's something about #US corporate law that makes an IPO practically compulsory at a certain point. Then you're on the road to ruin.
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citation please @mjd. I don't think IPO/ acquisition is required by law, but by finance (ie neo-liberal capitalist financialization)
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@strypey Yes, sorry. That pseudo-fact predates my transition from IT to academic nerd, so I don't have a source. From memory it was the sort of dilemma where you trade long-term control for short-term viability. Less a law than regulation that adds up to an offer you can't refuse
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@mjd have you read #Rushkoff's 'Throwing Rocks...' book? It explains this really well. He sums it all up in this talk
http://qttr.at/1rsr-
@strypey No. That's my #BreakfastLecture for tomorrow sorted, then. I always start my day with whatever's in the fridge plus an intellectually improving video. Never a #TED talk, though; you shouldn't bolt your food.
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@mjd "optimising the software for corporate use" *can* mean "de-optimising for other uses", depends what *kind* of corporate use is intended
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@mjd "inside firewall" is a *very* different use case to "Twitter clone" and gels better with the decentralized way we use the software
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