A very well-written piece. The section on funding open source is as relevant as it's ever been, and I don't think we've learnt much since last year.
As the proportion of younger engineers contributing to open-source decreases (a reasonable choice, given the state of the economy), I see only two future possibilities:
1. Big corporations take ownership of key open-source libraries in an effort to continue their development.
2. Said key open-source libraries die, and corporations develop proprietary replacements for their own use. The open source scene remains alive, but with a much smaller influence.
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