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		Twisell on Sept 14, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows for Linux Nerds In which way transitioning to from full closed source to native POSIX implementation and (10 years after) developing swift as FOSS is a bad/disrespectful trajectory in you opinion?

kronos29296 on Sept 14, 2017 [–]

Programming languages that are popular are transitioning to FOSS (even MS is doing it). Proprietary programming cannot succeed in today's crowded ecosystem. If swift was closed source but free to nobody would use it unlike 20 years ago. So swift being OSS is the only decision.

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