AIKIDEV

My path to free software began early on, where my Aunt and Uncle would give me their old computers. They weren't impressive, they didn't run the newest software, but they were functional. It became obvious to me, seeing newer computers, that they often didn't really add much capability, even though they were much faster, the newer software written for them ran just as slow as the older software, and often didn't add much functionality, sometimes even added undesireable features or behaviors... Also before the turn of the millenia, a friend introduced me to Free Software. It wasn't always better, it wasn't free of bugs, though by and large it was functional. Fundamentally, it was software written out of need, curiousity, or even sometimes out of passion. The overall ethic seemed to be one of encouraging freedoms to use, study, change and share. This ethic built an international community, a very technically skilled, capable community. This community gave me access to it all, without..

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