I really wonder about the specifics though. If they're running it on AWS or Azure it's not much use.
And of course there's maintenance, support etc.
[@bert_hubert](https://fosstodon.org/@bert_hubert ) has written a pretty good piece about this:
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/open-source-by-itself-is-no-alternative-for-big-tech/
Maarten Pelgrim
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2025-01-12 11:43:01 UTC
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