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> Are you claiming that if Mojo was open source earlier, everyone would still be using the old versions for a long time?

No, just saying it's happened before and it doesn't seem unreasonable to be wary of it.

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Okay, but by that logic, if I can point to one instance of something suboptimal happening due to software being closed source, then it's reasonable to be wary of that too. I don't see how this is a plausible justification for keeping something closed source in the absence of taking into account the likelihood of something similar happening here, and for the reasons I laid out previously, I think it's borderline absurd to claim that was a real concern in the timeline that Mojo was closed.

People choose what to worry about. You can say it's unfair because they could've worried about a different set of things, but at the end of the day it's their choice.

I'm not saying you can't worry about this; I'm saying it does not seem to be a particular compelling reason for Mojo being closed source for so long, and I'm dubious that the rationale was due to anything like this.

> I'm not saying you can't worry about this

The relentless demand for justification is indistinguishable from a demand for others to stop doing things you don't like.

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