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A moment of appreciation for a man who is undoubtedly the world's most successful promoter of Lemmy and the fediverse (lemmy.ml)
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A man who grabbed our concept of a centralized internet by the balls and squeezed it so hard that the Lemmy’s user count 65xed in a 3 months period. Thank you for your service

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You can't mention those and not mention Larry Ellison. If it weren't for him, OpenOffice wouldn't have forked.

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

wait explain im confused

[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Yes, I would also like to know about this Larry Ellison.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Mentioning Larry Ellison by name feels redundant. Like saying Earth is part of our solar system.