recognizing the threat, industry moved swiftly. recognizing that externalizing costs also enables externalizing accountability, "open source" became industry jargon for decoupling the profitable operation of the torment nexus from the shell corps and nonprofits tasked with its care and feeding.
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the work of many small groups of people replaced several critical pieces of infrastructure throughout the 80s, 90s and 00s which had been purely under the internal control of tech corporations (which is to say the US financial sector).
recognizing the threat, industry moved swiftly. recognizing that externalizing costs also enables externalizing accountability, "open source" became industry jargon for decoupling the profitable operation of the torment nexus from the shell corps and nonprofits tasked with its care and feeding.
at no point was the torment nexus offered as a service to the citizens who paid for it. of course, the torment nexus is useless if you believe in fundamental human rights.
i recommend against believing in fundamental human rights of any sort as it polls lower than the unrestrained bloodthirsty support for unbridled fascism among the remaining voting-eligible populace these days.
