Amid the 20th anniversary of open source, Tim O’Reilly warns that platform companies built on open-source software have lost their way

<https://www.geekwire.com/2018/amid-20th-anniversary-open-source-tim-oreilly-warns-platform-companies-built-open-source-software-lost-way/>

"He was trying to make the point that the most powerful forces on the
internet — once considered a powerful decentralized network of ideas and
collaboration — have lost that initial collaborative spirit as they
focused on profits. At some point, intervention will be required, either
by disruptive new technologies or lawmakers."

Via Mitch Wagner and Emmanuel Taban.

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