From: smirzo@example.com   
      
   D  writes:   
      
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   >> Quite mysteriously, all sorts of otherwise respectable open-source   
   >> software developers are happy to use GitHub even though it's owned   
   >> by M$. So even having ditched their software long ago, M$ are now   
   >> very hard to avoid online if, ironically, you want to use, and   
   >> especially work on, open-source software. I find that truely   
   >> unfathomable, but others barely seem to see my problem with it.   
   >   
   > This is a great mystery to me! I have no clue how so many open source   
   > users can be so clueless! =( They also loooooove slck and   
   > discord. That's revolting! IRC works percectly fine, and if you need   
   > blinken lights, you can just add some of the numerous web IRC programs   
   > out there, or at least use matrix or xmpp.   
      
   Lol---well said.  (I call Discord a Christmas Tree.  And Slack is no   
   different.)  Quite right.  And USENET, which is way more appropriate for   
   technical discussion than IRC.   
      
   > I think the reason must be that many open source users are young and   
   > naive and do not remembre how M$ tried to close down linux decades   
   > ago.   
      
   That's very likely part of the reason.   
      
   > When I teach, I make it a point to bring up these things. Sadly the   
   > students then go on to work, and get stuck in github and various   
   > proprietary tools. But such is life! We must continue to fight the   
   > good fight. =)   
      
   Teaching can only go so far.   
      
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