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Linus Torvalds: arguably the best-known 'name' in open source, but by no means the only one
Open source software now dominates vast swathes of computing
Right in the beginning of computing, almost all software was, effectively, open source. That's because computing was dominated by a clericy of scientists and engineers who shared and adapted each other's...
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