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title: "if you are below 30 and not old geezers like us, read about the history of gnu, linux and the..."
date: 2026-07-19
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if you are below 30 and not old geezers like us, read about the history of gnu, linux and the pathetic struggle of microsoft trying to squash open source internet

the flicker company is our day's microsoft, in its pathetic struggle to squash open source ai

reading history will give you a potential map of what comes next

*Quotes a post by @qualiascript (https://x.com/qualiascript/status/2078491662754472427); its text is omitted here because it is not covered by this site's license.*