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They are fighting to maintain control of their computers by writing their own software.
They are building Linux.
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happening. A single giant corporation has been imposing its control over most of the world's computers and deciding what you can and cannot do with them. Fortunately, people from all over the world are doing something about it. <span>They are fighting to maintain control of their computers by writing their own software. They are building Linux.<span><body><html>

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people like you and me to actually own a computer. It's hard for many people today to imagine what the world was like when only big business and big government ran all the computers. Let's just say, you couldn't get much done. <span>Today, the world is very different. Computers are everywhere, from tiny wristwatches to giant data centers to everything in between. In addition to ubiquitous computers, we also have a ubiquitous network connecting them together. This has created a wondrous new age of personal empowerment and creative freedom, but over the last couple of decades something else has been happening. A single giant corporation has been imposing its control over most of the world's computers and deciding what you can and cannot do with them. Fortunately, people from all over the world are doing something about it. They are fighting to maintain control of their computers by writing their own software. They are building Linux. Many people speak of “freedom” with regard to Linux, but I don't think most people know what this freedom really means. Freedom is the power to decide what your computer


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