> 80's or 90's open source? There was no effective internet. There were only BBSes and Compuserve. FOSS took off in the 00's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be

> 80's or 90's open source? There was no effective internet. There were only BBSes and Compuserve. FOSS took off in the 00's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution Initial release: 1978 Just because there was no effective internet doesn't mean computers didn't exist and people weren't working on projects together.