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CNET Hong Kong: Free the Code

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 21, 1999

Thanks to Rajiv for
this link.

“The Open Source Movement goes Mainstream”

“High tech is a hypercompetitive industry. To the average CEO,
collaboration between programmers working for different companies
is unthinkable, like giving the Soviets a tour of NORAD at the
height of the Cold War.”

“But sharing the underlying code for a project has always been
an obvious choice for many programmers. More eyes mean a better
chance of fixing mistakes, rooting out bugs, and creating useful
updates in a timely fashion.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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