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How user groups made software reuse a reality

Posted by kenc
Tags: software, user groups, long read, history, author.jeffrey starr
https://ztoz.blog/posts/user-group-reuse/

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  1. kenc
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    A history of how reusable software was distributed in physical catalogues before modern repositories like PyPI and NPM existed.

    A history of how reusable software was distributed in physical catalogues before modern repositories like PyPI and NPM existed.

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  2. unkz
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    This model of sharing code was still going in the 90s. I remember using and contributing to SWAG (SourceWare Archival Group) back in the early 90s — there’s a mirror of anyone wants to take a...

    This model of sharing code was still going in the 90s. I remember using and contributing to SWAG (SourceWare Archival Group) back in the early 90s — there’s a mirror of anyone wants to take a stroll down memory lane.

    http://www.retroarchive.org/swag/index.html

    2 votes