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Like a fish in water, a lot of the "open source" world didn't realize what it was dealing with. Of course source code was open! How else could you spend hours t
by astrodust 9y ago
Like a fish in water, a lot of the "open source" world didn't realize what it was dealing with. Of course source code was open! How else could you spend hours trying to compile it properly?
I spent three days trying to get one of the very early versions of Mosaic to compile on an SGI Indy and never did get it to work. They didn't have a binary release at the time because getting that to work would be even harder.
- mmjaa 9y agoFortunately, the ethos has persisted, and probably will for as long as computers are useful for us, socially and otherwise. Its very easy to have a fully open source computing environment, easier than ever in fact ..
- astrodust 9y agoYes and no. The things we need to have open-source, like voting machines, automotive control systems and such, are extremely closed.