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<td bgcolor="#008080">Undeniable Greatness of the
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<td>Published March 1st, 1998</td>
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<td>Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is
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of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making
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it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a
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Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in
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Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in
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Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin
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and going through the cites of the word in
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classical literature, discovered the undoubtable
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source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32
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and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et
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Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by
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Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise
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on the theory of ethics, very popular during the
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"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes
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@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ In the early days of home computing, connectivity was scarce. Some computers did
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Many rudimentary software packages that resembled software seen today began to take form, and their limitations were due mostly to the hardware and connectivity constraints of the time. Before the age of Wikipedia, software suites like [Encarta](https://winworldpc.com/product/encarta/1994) dominated. The same was true for map software. Before Google Maps and Waze, you would go to the electronics store and buy a GPS-enabled hardware device similar to a tablet. It had no network hardware or software onboard, yet it somehow managed to store every major road and place of business in North America. There were no ads or subscription fees. When the map data was no longer current, you could make a one-time purchase for an updated map data set. When you wanted to upgrade the device, you could sell the old device (and its software license) to someone else.
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Even vendors of Free (as in freedom) Software would occasionally offer boxed software for a fee. These fees helped pay for the CD-ROM and printed documentation that came with the software. Many of these companies still exist today, such as Red Hat and [Suse](https://www.suse.com/community/museum/media-box/). Indeed, my first Linux installation disk was purchased from the shelf of a Best Buy retail outlet. In the 90's, downloading an ISO image was simply not feasible and having access to physical media was a convenience.
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Even vendors of Free (as in freedom) Software would occasionally offer boxed software for a fee. These fees helped pay for the CD-ROM and printed documentation that came with the software. Many of these companies still exist today, such as Red Hat and [Suse](https://www.suse.com/community/museum/media-box/). Indeed, my first Linux installation disk was purchased from the shelf of a Best Buy retail outlet. In the 90's, downloading an ISO image was simply not feasible and having access to physical media was a necessity.
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# In Some Ways, Things Got Worse
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# Accepting the Tradeoffs
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I have a few vegetarian friends that openly admit to craving a burger now and then. For them, dietary choice is guided by principal rather than convenience. For ownership-respecting software, I can openly admit that we have a long way to go. DuckDuckGo is not as good as Google and SearX fares even worse. [Secure Scuttlebutt](https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork#patchwork) is not as "engaging" as Twitter. Despite these shortcomings, I make the choice to use software that gives me the most ownership. Sometimes, it's not realistic to completely remove a tool from your life, due to family or professional obligations. In those cases, it is still possible to reduce exposure as much as possible, especially since many of the ownership hostile software platforms are supported by advertising revenue.
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I have a few vegetarian friends that openly admit to craving a burger now and then. For them, dietary choice is guided by principal rather than convenience. For ownership-respecting software, I can openly admit that we have a long way to go. DuckDuckGo is not as good as Google and SearX fares even worse. [Secure Scuttlebutt](https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork#patchwork) is not as flashy as Twitter. Despite these shortcomings, I make the choice to use software that gives me the most ownership. Sometimes, it's not realistic to completely remove a tool from your life, due to family or professional obligations. In those cases, it is still possible to reduce exposure as much as possible, especially since many of the ownership hostile software platforms are supported by advertising revenue.
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By supporting ethical software and authors, we can create the world we want to live in.
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