Microsoft employee:

Hi, This is a high priority ticket and the FFmpeg version is currently used in a highly visible product in Microsoft. We have customers experience issues with Caption during Teams Live Event. Please help

Maintainer’s comment on twitter:

After politely requesting a support contract from Microsoft for long term maintenance, they offered a one-time payment of a few thousand dollars instead.

This is unacceptable.

And further:

The lesson from the xz fiasco is that investments in maintenance and sustainability are unsexy and probably won’t get a middle manager their promotion but pay off a thousandfold over many years.

But try selling that to a bean counter

  • istanbullu@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    I love how that PM brings up the fact that this is needed for a product launch. Like who cares?

    • melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      Need to add a ‘not for use with Microsoft products, including operating systems’ clause for a version or two.

      • lefaucet@slrpnk.net
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        7 months ago

        I think adoption of the JSLint license’s ”This software can oly be used for good and not evil" clause would cover that. I hear IBMs lawyers had issue with it lol