As recently as 2015, the US Navy threw a crapload of money at MS to extend long term support of Windows XP. XPhttp://bgr.com/2015/06/24/windows-xp-support-us-navy-millions/ …
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I think what
@EricaJoy is saying is that a lot of Black developers work in the government contracting space, and may not necessarily be in the networks of folks who aren't Black. -
I am nevertheless unsure how this relates to my comment about the general naivity of SF/SV culture w/r.t. gov money, except to perhaps reinforce the comment that the underrepresentation of Black developers in the latter contributes even more to the *general* lack of insight.
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I think the objection is to the conflation of all the communities on Twitter with white supremacist SF/SV culture. But anyways, don't mean to shove words in Erica's mouth :)
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I mean I am aiming to be calling out SF/SV/startup culture and its sequelae specifically here, and not those other communities.
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I just saw
@EricaJoy's post from earlier :) I wasn't referring to that or even aware of it, ftr, and I agree with its sentiment entirely. -
Ah, that would... certainly explain the talking past each other. Sorry!
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Since I'm not subtweeting anyone in this thread, I'll be a bit clearer: I am deeply frustrated with reporting on this that does not, for instance, put the past 15 years of contracts into context, having the effect of distorting scope, impact, and burden.
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