 Something that happened 2 weeks ago: An executive I know wanted specific Fediverse software for a corporate intranet. I happened to know the guy who made it. So I said to him, "All right, if you go this way, you have to understand that the Fediverse has its own culture and you have to respect that." He agreed -- so I set up a meeting. Right when the meeting started, the dev -- who is a big autistic furry -- walked into the office in his fursuit, and made his presentation. (Contd.) 10 comments
And after a brief lecture about culture and all that, the executive tells me, "All right, I get your point -- but if this is what I can expect from the Fediverse, I just don't know what to *not* expect." That, right there, tells you everything about how ready corporations are for the Fediverse. *Bleep bloop* I have unrolled this Mastodon thread for you :) . You can find it here: https://threadunroller.com/thread/29a01b29-9670-4922-aff5-25812ad7d35c @atomicpoet Though at the same time, I would trust the heck out of that furry.  @riderexmachina @atomicpoet Furry equals IT expert. That's why you never fill up a single plane with Furries. Your countries IT systems would collapse if that single plane goes down. @atomicpoet I'll give it a decade at least. I'm starting to see companies leaving Amazon servers and going back to LAMP and I think we'll see more people starting to break free of megatech's monopolies. And some CEO's fear the inconvenience of going back to having control instead of convenience.  |
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So my big autistic furry dev friend makes his presentation -- absolutely kills it. Pretty much rolls out a compelling case for his software.
But I'm looking at the executive, he's frozen in disbelief.
After the presentation is over, we make our goodbyes.
45 minutes later, I get a call from the executive. And he tells me, "It's cool. I like it. It does everything I need -- but the Fediverse now scares me."
"But you told me that you'd respect the culture," I said (Contd.)