[isolate]

> I've noticed in an industrial setting, that managers are often looking for closed solutions that can't be modified by the user, either for regulatory reasons or adversarial labor-management attitudes. The industry wants your boss to think that letting you make your own tools is either dangerous, or a waste of your time.

It's interesting to consider in this context that workers owning the means of production is what links the GPL with Marxism.

[analog31]

It took me way too many years to discover FOSS, but after getting hooked on it, I find that I'm actually more motivated and creative when I'm using tools that nobody owns.