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On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Markus Hitter (mah AT jump-ing DOT de) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> Am 05.09.2015 um 23:39 schrieb Vladimir Zhbanov:
>> Get out, stupid ancient fools, your time is out
>
> What? The whole Open Source movement is currently almost solely made up
> of people beyond 40.

I am 31. Most of my friends in highschool and college were also
involved in open source. I don't know where you are getting this from.

> This doesn't mean one should keep ancient habits, of course, because the
> older benefit from simplifications, too.

There is a sweet spot between X (fashionable language) and scheme. A
lot of fashionable languages are popular among people who's code I see
as sloppy. C seems to be in a sweet spot.

> A sentence of a 16-year-old is somehat burned into my brain:
>
>  "Why does [the project maintainer] ask for feedback? This project is
> open source, so contribution is pointless."

I am not sure where you are going here.

> You see? Open Source has messed up big time. The young don't even
> understand the very basics. From top to toe into Neoliberalism, where
> money is the only measure existing and monetary success the only
> thinkable goal.

Don't get me started about how much I hate being called a Millennial.

>
> Good night :-)
> Markus
>
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