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Computing: Open or Closed: How the Net Will be Won

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 8, 2005

“New data published last week revealed that Europeans spend an
average of 10 hours 15 minutes using the internet every week, and
the British considerably more. The internet is so deeply entwined
with our everyday lives that it makes little sense to talk about it
as some fantasy world, with its own set of laws and freedoms.

“And yet the metaphor of the American West still resonates
strongly in one particular area: the battle going on between
content industries and open access projects…”


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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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