just small circles 🕊

#ThoughtProvoker  

The #FreeSoftware movement does not win, because it doesn't *play to win*, and will thus always draw the shortest stick. 🤷

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Harvard-study-Open-source-has-an-economic-value-of-8-8-trillion-dollars-10322643.html

Harvard study: Open source has an economic value of 8.8 trillion dollars

Open source software is worth trillions to the economy. However, researchers warn that companies contribute too little to the development of open source tools.

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Show threadAndrew NesbittDec 17
@smallcircles the only way to win is not to play 😉
Show threadjust small circles 🕊Dec 18

@andrewnez

I can read this in 2 ways. One I agree with, and the other I'm putting to the challenge.

Under Mindfulness core principle of Social experience design there exists no "winning", only Progress matters. Although #SX only considers #FOSS as the software, an SX artifact. Software doesn't win either, it fulfills needs (or it should).

Other interpretation, that FOSS projects cannot be self-sustainable in most cases. Well, here #SOSS comes around. Coding is social.

https://coding.social

Welcome to Social coding commons

We reimagine the social web and cocreate a peopleverse.

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Show threadjust small circles 🕊Dec 18

@andrewnez

Oh btw, one of the hedonic drivers that leads to sustainability is "Dare to play".