RomulusCornflakesMar 16

So what color *is* Linux exactly? Is it black like Tux and the terminal? Purple like Debian? Blue like Arch?

https://lemmy.world/post/44340553

Show threadcorsicanguppy
So what colour is a car anyway? Black like a car, purple like a car? Blue like a car?
Mar 17 at 12:40amWeb
Show threadmsrb711Mar 17
There’s a famous Henry Ford quote: “Our customers can get a car in any color they like as long that color is black”
Show threadDigitMar 24
Henry Ford was not into open source development.
Show threadmsrb711Mar 26
How come? 😂
Show threadDigitMar 28

I don’t understand the question…

… Is it like you want an exploration of his psyche?

Show threadmsrb711Mar 29

get a car in any color they like as long that color is black”

He couldn’t have been into open source development since he died way before the concept was invented

Show threadDigitMar 30

He couldn’t have been into open source development since he died way before the concept was invented

… since before the concept was named and re-named.

The concept was originally the norm, and only needed formalising and naming (and re-naming) after the egregious secrecy of the proprietary model became so suffocating.