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dotancohenyesterday at 12:12 PM3 repliesview on HN

Black businesswomen? Firefighters? White servicemen? White software developers?

I really don't get what you're implying. I don't see any problem with the photos on the mattermost front page.

https://mattermost.com/


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stavrosyesterday at 12:16 PM

I don't think the GP implied anything about race? The photos I see are war frigates, power plants, some sort of military operations center, and commercial airliners.

Think "enterprise", rather than "racism".

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bfkwlfkjfyesterday at 12:15 PM

Everything you mentioned in that list in people who can pay. As opposed to people who code and they use what they code, and furthermore share it with other people who also code and use what they code.

It's "open source" so that they save on developer costs, not for ideological reasons, and you can tell from the photos on their front page - that's what I was implying.

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notarobot123yesterday at 12:23 PM

Governmental organizations and corporate firms is the vibe (or maybe that was obvious and you're just trolling).

I think the point was that open source hasn't often been supported by companies serving these kinds of markets and the interests of the broader community are often sidelined.