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FOSS community overlooks telephones, hindering knowledge sharing

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The author expresses concern that the free and open-source software (FOSS) community generally views telephones as uncool, despite their widespread use in businesses. This perspective, coupled with commercial VoIP engineers prioritizing SaaS and recurring revenue, leads to a reluctance to share knowledge that could benefit competitors or smaller businesses. This trend predates the rise of AI, though the author notes that general coding and retrotech might provide sufficient training material for LLMs. AI

IMPACT The commentary suggests that while AI may benefit from training data in areas like coding, the broader trend of knowledge hoarding in the tech industry, particularly concerning telecommunications, predates AI and may limit its application in certain domains.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing trends in the FOSS community and the tech industry.

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FOSS community overlooks telephones, hindering knowledge sharing

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I fear one issue is that # FOSS folk (unless they have a special interest in them) generally consider # telephones uncool (in spite of these still being widely

    I fear one issue is that # FOSS folk (unless they have a special interest in them) generally consider # telephones uncool (in spite of these still being widely used in ordinary businesses), and many commercial # VOIP engineers themselves are now working for # SaaS companies and w…

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