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How would you undermine open source software? (feddit.uk)
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You are a senior executive at Adobe.

The CEO of Adobe summons you in his office.

You are in charge of creating a secret task force. The goal is to systematically undermine open source software such as Krita, Inkscape, Kdenlive or GIMP. You have a $50 million budget. Nobody in the company knows about this project except you and Adobe's CEO.

What would you do?

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[–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'd embezzle a bunch of the money, then spend the rest on good-faith contributions to the software in question, insisting that this was just stage 1 of the plan. There is no stage 2.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I can't say you understood the assignment, but I can say you are good people. I mean.... kinda. Embezzlement is a bit sketch.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Embezzlement is a bit sketch

    Embezzlement from billion dollar corporations is a moral duty whenever the opportunity presents itself, so long as that embezzled money gets redistributed appropriately, Robin-Hood style.

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