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The Myth of Open Source: How Big Companies Are Misusing the Term

The term “open source” evokes thoughts of collaboration, freedom, and innovation. It refers to software whose source code is freely available for anyone to inspect, modify, and enhance. Historically, open source has been a community-driven movement, emphasizing transparency and shared knowledge. However, in recent years, big corporations have jumped on the open-source bandwagon—not always for…

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Walking the Talk

“Indians are only good at telling stories (giving excuses). They have no sense of science or historiography” Al-Beruni (Medieval Scholar/Historian) Al-Beruni had strong opinion regarding his observations about India of the eleventh century. I read this while I was going through some random sample books pre-installed on my Kindle. After reading this, I took some…

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