ARPAnet, mother of all free software?
ARPAnet, mother of all free software?
Posted Nov 1, 2002 2:13 UTC (Fri) by liamh (guest, #4872)Parent article: Linux and the desktop
Does anyone else besides me find it more than a little ironic that the defense department, which developed the internet, would have to endorse free and open source software? In large measure, the success of the ARPAnet was because a non-proprietary environment and sharing of code was officially encouraged, even mandated.