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Tagged “tech history”
5 articles
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AI Is Not the Solution. It's the Tool.
The argument against AI is the argument I heard against Google in 1998, with the nouns swapped. It was a bet against literacy then, and it lost. The tool is neutral; the judgment has to stay yours.
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Thirty-Three Years of Debian
Debian turns 33 this August. A look at why the free, stable, community-governed OS still anchors the Linux world — and how to give back on Debian Day.
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The History of Unix and Its Relationship to Linux
Unix is a powerful, multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s at AT&T’s Bell Labs. It was created by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others, who sought to develop a simple…
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The History of x86 Architecture
The x86 architecture is one of the most significant and enduring CPU architectures in the history of computing. It has powered a vast array of computing devices, from personal computers to servers, and has continuously…
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The Linux Foundation: Pioneering Open Source Innovation
Since its inception in 2000, The Linux Foundation has been at the forefront of promoting, protecting, and standardizing Linux and other open-source projects. As a non-profit technology consortium, The Linux Foundation…