@mayel Yeah, I'm really hoping this turns into some more decentralization-focused work on Git, as well as increased funding/support for the GitLab team to improve what they've got.

That said, the number of Microsoft apologists is astounding and incredibly disheartening.

@gabe

This.

Watching people who I thought were smart embracing Microsoft this morning is turning my gut.

@mayel

@mayel @gabe @jjg that is likely the case.

I have been working in tech for near 30 years, and literally the only people I encounter who *genuinely* believe in FOSS as a wider social force for good (not simply yet another aspect of profit making business) seem to be found on Mastodon (and a great number of them on social.coop instance, although thats to be expected)

@vfrmedia @jjg @mayel

The fact that FLOSS ethics is not a part of the wider political progressive movement is so tragic to me.

Social and economic progress rely on changing the underlying systems in place, systems which are already rapidly changing... thanks to technology. But if that technology isn't free, libre, and open, how could we possibly have true social+economic progress come out of it?

@gabe @mayel @jjg @vfrmedia I feel the other way around. FLOSS failed addressing the bigger picture, that is, the source of all the threats against Free Software has been capitalism.

I saw people fight against DRM, against vendor lock in, advocate for federation against silos, build tech against massive surveillance. And yet, very few times I've heard anyone mentioning capitalism as the common denominator here.

@alxcndr @vfrmedia @jjg @mayel

Very valid points! I definitely don't think the blame lies on either side (or really anywhere).

I'm hopeful that the two will begin to overlap more and more, I'm just sad that it hasn't happened already.