Open source isn’t free. We’re just not paying for it: Who maintains the maintainers?
A lot of things don’t add up in the world of software. The skills gap remains stubbornly wide, with IT and data skills the hardest to recruit for five consecutive years. Yet, at the same time, entry level roles are declining as employers redeploy existing employees rather than hiring new ones.
🧑💻 https://www.computing.co.uk/analysis/2026/open-source-isn-t-free-we-re-just-not-paying-for-it
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#maintain : to hold or keep in any particular state or condition
- French: Maintient
- Italian: mantenere
- Portuguese: manter
- Spanish: mantener
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