Kept Alive by Linux

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tk421 writes “Beloved old technologies don’t die. They go open source. For some reason the open source model has enabled dead and dying technologies to stay alive long after commercial interests left them to rot.

The names of once popular but now ancient technologies, such as Gopher, DecNet, Amiga and even the Atari 2600 — the granddaddy of all video game systems — still live in the hearts, minds and source code of open source developers.”

Link: internetnews.com

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  • Open Source