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Dependence on $ADDICTION
Jan 17th
Hello!
In a world where it’s green to be politically correct, why are we still seeing so many problems with addiction to environmentally unfriendly substances? If we are moving toward saving our natural environment, how can we be so addicted to things that are not of it?
If you’ve made it past the above sentence, then you haven’t yet gotten the point. Let me explain further.
On the history of UNIX
Jan 11th
I find the history of UNIX to be an interesting subject to me, because it’s history plainly lays the track for exactly why it is the way it is today in combination with Linux, FreeBSD, Darwin, and any other flavors.
I think Dave McIlroy sums up the open source initiative best in this quote from the Bell Labs site’s rundown of UNIX history:
“Thompson saw that file arguments weren’t going to fit with this scheme of things and he went in and changed all those programs in the same night. I don’t know how…and the next morning we had this orgy of one-liners.”
This profound statement brings to light exactly the mantra that I have seen at work in the Open Source Community, as follows:
- A user needs something.
- A developer builds something.
- Everyone is happy.
In my opinion, this single sense of community is what make Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) well worth it in an every day setting.
Printing Woes
Nov 19th
The Digital Revolution is at hand. Why is it that my printer hasn’t been told yet?
Hello world!
Nov 17th
Just what the world needs, another blog!
Well, here it goes, off and running. I guess we’ll see where it takes us.
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