daniel:// stenberg://

1 year ago

daniel:// stenberg://
1 year ago

"we are a monster-sized US tech firm with almost a trillion dollar market cap.We are a bureaucratic nightmare so please give us the info for free instead of us having to help your open source project financially and we can keep using it for free in all eternity. kthxbye"

#nope

A photo of a bro-lookin' twenty something with what is either a poorly-thought-out goatee or a caterpillar on his chin stands in a blue blazer with a pocket square on the wrong side and just oozes privilege in his out-of-focus corner conference room as he says the quote in the toot above.

#nope

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1link

in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// 1 year ago

is this true or a meme 😃

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Max

in reply to 1link 1 year ago

@1link I am pretty sure it’s a digest of a very true request … :/

@1link

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daniel:// stenberg://

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@maxbob @1link it is my "sarcastic reading" of a very much real request, yes

@Max @1link

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illuzive

in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// 1 year ago

They're probably a bureaucratic nightmare internally as well - which is why someone is desperately hoping that you'll provide what they want without them having to explain something technical to a manager that needs to approve spending money on an external project.

#dilbert

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daniel:// stenberg://

in reply to illuzive 1 year ago

@illuzive I'm pretty sure that is true, yes

@illuzive

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illuzive

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Maybe you could start selling white papers? (Which could be expensed by corporate people.) 😂

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daniel:// stenberg://

in reply to illuzive 1 year ago

@illuzive if you don't want to, there is always something (else) to blame it on...

@illuzive

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Peter Kovář

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

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Bill, organizer of stuff

in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// 1 year ago

#alt4u A photo of a bro-lookin' twentysomething with what is either a poorly-thought-out goatee or a caterpillar on his chin stands in a blue blazer with a pocket square on the wrong side and just oozes privilege in his out-of-focus corner conference room as he says the quote in the toot above.

#alt4u

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Steve Freeman

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I have seen this

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Mateus Melchiades

in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// 1 year ago

Nearly as good as “we are a trillion dollar Silicon Valley tech company with colorful offices and ping-pong tables, how dare you deny free support for us? I’ll have you know you will never have the privilege to be exploited by us if you keep this individualistic attitude”

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Bad News Nobody

in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// 1 year ago

also if you are EU-based get ready to be considered legally and financially responsible for the free open-source software you write if you receive help in the form of donations and/or code contributions from employees of monster-sized trillion dollar companies. (cfr. CRA)