Software and it's dirty little secret....


	Software and it's dirty little secret....

klippety

6-18-2008 4:28 PM

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klippety says:

We are systematically clogging up the digital world...every software designer and programmer for him or herself. Reinventing the digital wheel on a daily bases. Some have been saying it for a long time : Release the codes and unify.. move into the 21st century for real.

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