Author: JT Smith
“Software is labor immortalized, as a programmer’s algorithm, once written, may continue to function for eternity. Thus now, in addition to inheriting the cultural riches of our predecessors, we may also inherit the
functionality of their programs. In a world where commerce is defined by the movement of information, that machinery–the hardware and software–which moves the information embodies work, and thus the
innovations of one’s predecessors will not only bestow aesthetic riches, but they shall also provide a wellspring of eternal labor. A hundred years from now Hamlet shall still be contemplating the correct course of
action, and the Linux kernel, along with Apache, shall still be providing the fundamental labor which transports Hamlet all about the watery globe.” More at LinuxGazette.
functionality of their programs. In a world where commerce is defined by the movement of information, that machinery–the hardware and software–which moves the information embodies work, and thus the
innovations of one’s predecessors will not only bestow aesthetic riches, but they shall also provide a wellspring of eternal labor. A hundred years from now Hamlet shall still be contemplating the correct course of
action, and the Linux kernel, along with Apache, shall still be providing the fundamental labor which transports Hamlet all about the watery globe.” More at LinuxGazette.
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