The Birth Of Open Source: A Printer's Revenge

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The Birth Of Open Source: A Printer's Revenge
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The entire open source revolution—GNU, Linux, Firefox—all born from the collective rage of programmers who couldn't get their printers to work. Nothing motivates innovation like the silent fury of watching a printer smugly display "PC LOAD LETTER" while holding your career hostage. Linus Torvalds probably created Git just to version control his printer troubleshooting attempts.

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