@MaxForAI: https://x.com/MaxForAI/status/2058910873947910558
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An article discussing how Chinese talents are 'lining up to crash open source', highlighting the paradox of free value in commercial ecosystems.
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Chinese Geniuses Are Lining Up to ‘Break Open Source’
In the jungle of business, there is an iron law: the most expensive things are often free. For more than two decades, the global open source community has been an extremely rare exception.
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