mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?message-squaremessage-square663fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down118
arrow-up1431arrow-down1message-squareWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square663fedilink
minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoI think it’s shorthand for “buddy-buddy.” Like they’re keeping it in the family and not letting any outsiders in.
minus-squareFreeman@lemmy.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoIt’s a general term used to denote that two companies of the same/very similar sectors are in bed with each other with an arrangement that is exclusive and specifically designed to keep outsiders out
minus-squarecujo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI have never heard the word used that way before. Thank you for the clarification.
how is it incest though?
I think it’s shorthand for “buddy-buddy.”
Like they’re keeping it in the family and not letting any outsiders in.
It’s a general term used to denote that two companies of the same/very similar sectors are in bed with each other with an arrangement that is exclusive and specifically designed to keep outsiders out
I have never heard the word used that way before. Thank you for the clarification.