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The pro-Googlers are out in force today, also in the "visionary" Python topic.

FYI, often it is not possible to mention specifics because "open" source projects tightly control member opinions these days.

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> The pro-Googlers are out in force today

This is a good way to categorically dismiss everyone with an opposing view, without the work of actually coming up with an argument.

A lot of people here aren't necessarily pro-Googlers, but rather open-source contributors who want to secure a future for themselves. That's not a bad thing, and Google's partnership with open-source has been mostly benevolent. People are quick to point to the "killed by Google" argument, but how is Google going to kill an open project? If they stop funding it and nobody takes up the mantle of maintaining it, maybe it's not actually that useful anyways. In either case, you still have the option to maintain the code yourself.

Thanks for the ad hominem attack. FYI, I have no google stock, never worked for google, have never contributed to a google open source project. If they’re supposed to be paying me for pointing out common sense on this thread ... they’re late on their payment.

> Thanks for the ad hominem attack. FYI, I have no google stock, never worked for google, have never contributed to a google open source project. If they’re supposed to be paying me for pointing out common sense on this thread ... they’re late on their payment.

If this is true (I doubt it) it is even sadder

Please don't break the HN guidelines like this. We're trying for something quite different here.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

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