My switch from Microsoft to the world of open source 8 years ago was like taking the red pill — absolutely transformation in how I thought about and now build software.
I wonder why some people are so insistent on ignoring the words "free software", or less ambiguously, "free and open source software".<p>Is it because they have this incorrect strawman notion of radical Stallmanism embedded in their minds when these words appear in their head, or because they're simply unaware?<p>Absolutely nothing against open source projects, but speaking about the betterment of society through open source software is puerile, given that open source is a purely pragmatic issue.