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Tags: open-source sustainability
Inspiration: Bill de hÓra

OSS is in need of some rationalization. Individually it's fun to keep rewriting web frameworks, content management systems, enterprise middleware, build systems, interface definition languages, AtomPub servers, and so on. At a macro-economic level it's a waste of electricity and natural resources - that might come to be seen as unethical.

Last published: Monday 26th July 2010

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