@Edent however, you didn't make a note on the very unique part of this change, which is that Gargron basically got back wages for his years of work on Mastodon. That's extremely unusual; Open Source developers often only have a chance to maybe someday get a submarket full-time job supporting their project (and usually to add Enterprise features). I hope it represents a change in that direction too.
@Edent all of which is a prelude to saying that the History of England Podcast is great for people like me who don't know the difference between a Plantagenet, a Rump Parliament and a peasant revolt.
@Edent if you get into the 20th century, it can sometimes get as far as:
- Meanwhile, back in Europe, things had really gone off the rails! Fortunately, America came in to fix it! - Then it went *really* bad! So we had to fix it again! - Now, we just fix everything, and it's better for everyone. The end!
@Edent however, you didn't make a note on the very unique part of this change, which is that Gargron basically got back wages for his years of work on Mastodon. That's extremely unusual; Open Source developers often only have a chance to maybe someday get a submarket full-time job supporting their project (and usually to add Enterprise features). I hope it represents a change in that direction too.
@symbolics I've see records of a purchase of a Xerox Interlisp D-machine by an Italian research institution in the late 1980s. The price tag, which included WAN connectivity and support, was eye watering.