Oregon city builds reputation as software revolution hub

Posted by tadelste on Nov 28, 2005 5:39 AM EDT
USAToday; By Elizabeth Armstrong Moore
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PORTLAND, Ore. — As a kid in the 1980s, Bart Massey spent hours tinkering with computer programs, writing his own source code and then sharing it with friends. He and his buddies comprised a small band of curious computer whizzes with no agenda, and certainly no rules. Over time, that code-sharing would come to be known as open source: "We just didn't have a name for it then," says Mr. Massey, today a computer science professor at Portland State University.

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