Open Source Computing

Long before computers, iPads, smartphones and a myriad of other electronic devices appeared in our homes, most computers were sold for specific purposes. Have a bank? Then you need this particular mainframe. Own an insurance company? Then you need this machine. Early on pioneers like IBM figured out that in order to sell the hardware, you had to create the software. So they created the banking, insurance and other programs that were used to essentially sell the hardware – the

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