Open vs Closed Source Coexistence via Chromium & Linux
joshua_saxe · x · 2026-07-20
The author shares a ChatGPT-generated chart illustrating the historical investment scale of Chromium and Linux. He points out that the tech industry can absolutely sustain massive open-source projects without hindering the profitability of closed-source competitors. Furthermore, the motivations behind these open-source initiatives should not be simply dismissed as "dumping."
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