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FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

These were a couple of PhD geeks who hit it big, it’s certainly not inevitable that intelligent people get absorbed with money, see the creator of VLC for example. It’s just sad that these guys could have been rich AND kept the internet ‘pure’ and research focused. But instead commerce has crept in and taken a shit on what was once a clean simple brilliant search service.

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voracread@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
What happened with VLC? This is the first time I am hearing it.

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- FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It’s widely celebrated that Jean Baptiste Kempf, who could have easily sold VLC for tens of millions, declined to do so keeping the enormously popular video player free and open source
  
  old.reddit.com/…/this_is_jeanbaptiste_kempf_the_c…
  
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  - voracread@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Oh my, I was thinking that there has been a recent development and they sold out or something.
    
    I had some interactions with him in VLC forum and he was still active there answering questions personally.
    
    I hope they continue the good work.
    
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