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> The more I grow old, the more I consider that OSS is the 8th marvel of the world. In the far future, I would not at all be surprised that Open Source becomes
by yourapostasy 4y ago
> The more I grow old, the more I consider that OSS is the 8th marvel of the world.
In the far future, I would not at all be surprised that Open Source becomes the only way historians know in precise detail how software evolved in the past. There will only be vague descriptions of commercial software, possibly some names and near-apocryphal stories, but no source code so no way to know for sure.