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The godfather of the open-source movement
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Our guest Ananyo Bhattacharya argues that von Neumann can be seen as the godfather of the open-source movement...
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•0:23 duration•66 wordsThe Open Source Visionary
Ananyo Bhattacharya discusses how John von Neumann's influence on the early computing project led to a paradigm where everything was made publicly accessible. He argues that this foundational approach can be viewed as the genesis of the open-source movement, positioning von Neumann as a pivotal figure in its development.
"and the Really remarkable thing is that somehow it manages to convince all these generals and so on that the best thing for the United States is to make absolutely everything on the project publicly a..."