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minus-squarefurikuri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI think you misinterpreted what they said. They meant “Their attitude changed towards open source because [Embrace, Extend, Extinguish] doesn’t work”
minus-squareareyouevenreal@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s exactly what I meant! Did I fail to write it clearly or is their reading comprehension no good?
minus-squarefurikuri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe sentence itself is a little ambiguous but it’s nothing major, it’s easy enough to get the message from context
minus-squareSunforged@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI had to read it twice because I misinterpreted it the same way. Their attitude changed towards open source because it doesn’t work! That “it” could be interpreted either as ‘open source’ or ‘EEE’ from the previous sentence.
I think you misinterpreted what they said. They meant “Their attitude changed towards open source because [Embrace, Extend, Extinguish] doesn’t work”
That’s exactly what I meant! Did I fail to write it clearly or is their reading comprehension no good?
The sentence itself is a little ambiguous but it’s nothing major, it’s easy enough to get the message from context
I had to read it twice because I misinterpreted it the same way.
That “it” could be interpreted either as ‘open source’ or ‘EEE’ from the previous sentence.