• @induna_crewneck
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    11 year ago

    What does that even mean and how is it relevant here? “The internet” isn’t a car or piece of hardware.

    • Alien Nathan Edward
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      21 year ago

      Well-developed software built by professionals to industry standards and capable of doing a very important job effectively. And homebrew. You might be surprised at what sufficiently motivated nerds are capable of.

      • @induna_crewneck
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        11 year ago

        Im sorry, I still don’t know what you’re talking about. What about the internet runs on homebrew and how is it related to cars?

        • @Blissingg
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          11 year ago

          You might not understand what homebrew in a software sense is then full stop. Homebrew in software just means not commercially made/backed.

          GNU/Linux and plenty of other open source projects that power your modern life and the internet started the same way.

          • @induna_crewneck
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            11 year ago

            Homebrew software is unofficial/non-commercial software for systems which were originally set up with proprietary software (like gaming console or in this case car OSs).

            • @Blissingg
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              11 year ago

              That’s the definition for games consoles specifically, I know you pulled it from wiki :)

              Every computer that comes preinstalled with windows also falls under your definition though as does any Mac.

              Linux was also developed for or spurned by a system that was proprietary and only for educational purposes MINIX.