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»“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.” — Linus Torvalds 🧪 The Beginning: Bell Labs and the Multics Project (1964–1969) In 1964, Bell Laboratories in New Jersey joined forces with MIT and General Electric to develop an ambitious operating system called ...

In the early days of computing, software was primarily shared among developers, researchers, and enthusiasts. However, as the industry grew, proprietary software practices began to take hold, limiting access and control over the software that users c...
