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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

NixOS is just another attempt at changing the way fundamental things are done so one day they can introduce some orchestration / repository / xyz payed solution. Yet another step in the commoditization of software development.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's a pretty outrageous claim. Any proof for that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I don't yet... but a few months ago nobody believed they could take on a sponsorship from Anduril. Nor that they would enact a somewhat vague policy guide pushing the ideia that the community is all that matters and that all further important decisions will be community driven without actually specifically defining "who" is the community.