Explore how software distribution and licensing developed through shareware, Free Software, Open Source, permissive licensing, and copyleft, and how Doom, GN...

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Explore how UNIX grew from its Bell Labs origins into a family of operating systems, how portability and source availability allowed it to spread, and how BS...

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Explore how networking weakened the connection between hardware class and computer function, how workstations and servers introduced role-based computing, an...

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Explore how networking allowed the shared functions of mainframes and minicomputers to reappear on microcomputer-derived hardware, how server roles developed, and why those roles eventually led to dedicated server hardware.

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Explore how personal computing evolved from isolated machines to persistent local area networks, why organizations adopted networking, how competing technologies gave way to Ethernet and TCP/IP, and how networking eventually became part of everyday home computing.

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