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Slashdot: Building the World Again by Jon Katz

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 11, 1998

“Linux and the Open Source Software movement evoke an
intensifying struggle between corporatism and individualism. The
Web seems to be the battleground for what is shaping up as a
whopper of a confrontration for control of the Digital Age.”

“This idea of indvidual freedom now lives on the Web, which is
precisely what makes the Internet so stirring a place, and the open
source and free software such radical political movements.”

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Building the World Again
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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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