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jan 1, 1959 - SHARE Operating System (SOS)

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In 1959 SHARE released the SHARE Operating System (SOS), originally for the IBM 709 computer, later ported to the IBM 7090. SOS was one of the first instances of "commons-based peer production" now widely used in the development of free and open-source software such as Linux and the GNU project.

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jan 1, 1959
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~ 67 years ago