developing software on windows absolutely directly aligns you with microsofts interests
Developing software on Windows for any significant length of time tends to make other languages and systems look that much more appealing.
the totalizing force of the market under capitalism bends your individual desires and hobbies to its ends regardless of your belief!
The totalizing force of the market under capitalism bends towards self-destruction. As the rate of profit falls, Microsoft's effort to squeeze money out of people drives new adopters and smaller businesses out of their sphere of influence. There's a reason Apache and NGINX reign supreme as web-hosting platforms, while Microsoft's IIS struggled for parity for a decade only to collapse on itself in the last few years.
Javascript and Python are the most popular developer languages. MySQL trails just behind Oracle as one of the most popular database engines, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB running tight behind Microsoft's offering. There's been virtually no success at commodifying network protocols.
Try as they might, capitalists continue to struggle to sandbag their positions in the software industry. And the Software-As-A-Service model is only going to hurt them in the long run.
Internet protocols have largely replaced the OS as the chokepoint for interoperability. And no OS has been able to lock down a single proprietary network protocol to monopolize the sector.
wouldn’t you say that throughout the history of personal computing there have been tons of technologies that served to align the interests of the hobbyist with those of the bourgeoisie?
Not any more than any other technology. If I was going to put my finger on the most capital-friendly appliance, it would land squarely on the automobile.
For the hobbyist, in particular, the PC moves you away from bourgeoisie monopoly interests. There tends to be a lot more DIY development, a lot less of a reliance on private licensing and privatized infrastructure, more open sourcing, more piracy, and a general social component to the hobby that rejects authoritarian tendency in favor of collaborative community-lead projects.
surely an interlocking series of tools causing a person who just wants to get paid for their cfl bulb adapter plates or tabletop miniatures to curse the perfidious han could be said to align their interests with those of the national bourgeoisie.
I think the "perfidious han" is doing what Americans wish they could be doing instead. All we're really seeing here is Americans venting frustration at being crabs in a bucket who cannot drag others down with them. But hobbyists generally are doing what Chinese hackers and developers are doing, just on a smaller and less sophisticated scale. The adoption of the PC and all the tech hobbies surrounding it does not appear to be slowing down Chinese residents or forcing them into well-defined IP-regulated silos of creation and distribution.
Developing software on Windows for any significant length of time tends to make other languages and systems look that much more appealing.
The totalizing force of the market under capitalism bends towards self-destruction. As the rate of profit falls, Microsoft's effort to squeeze money out of people drives new adopters and smaller businesses out of their sphere of influence. There's a reason Apache and NGINX reign supreme as web-hosting platforms, while Microsoft's IIS struggled for parity for a decade only to collapse on itself in the last few years.
Javascript and Python are the most popular developer languages. MySQL trails just behind Oracle as one of the most popular database engines, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB running tight behind Microsoft's offering. There's been virtually no success at commodifying network protocols.
Try as they might, capitalists continue to struggle to sandbag their positions in the software industry. And the Software-As-A-Service model is only going to hurt them in the long run.
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Internet protocols have largely replaced the OS as the chokepoint for interoperability. And no OS has been able to lock down a single proprietary network protocol to monopolize the sector.
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My brother in Christ, I literally develop software for a living. You don't know what you're talking about.
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Not any more than any other technology. If I was going to put my finger on the most capital-friendly appliance, it would land squarely on the automobile.
For the hobbyist, in particular, the PC moves you away from bourgeoisie monopoly interests. There tends to be a lot more DIY development, a lot less of a reliance on private licensing and privatized infrastructure, more open sourcing, more piracy, and a general social component to the hobby that rejects authoritarian tendency in favor of collaborative community-lead projects.
I think the "perfidious han" is doing what Americans wish they could be doing instead. All we're really seeing here is Americans venting frustration at being crabs in a bucket who cannot drag others down with them. But hobbyists generally are doing what Chinese hackers and developers are doing, just on a smaller and less sophisticated scale. The adoption of the PC and all the tech hobbies surrounding it does not appear to be slowing down Chinese residents or forcing them into well-defined IP-regulated silos of creation and distribution.
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