The future is open

And so is much of the past that manages to persist. I’m old enough to have seen many systems rise and fall, but open source keeps going as long as we do.

Reblogging from Jeffrey Zeldman; go read the whole thing.

The answer to this destruction of our shared digital commons by a handful of billionaires is the same as it has always been: own your content on the open web (your domain on a server, like mine on this one), and replace proprietary software with open source alternatives.

The Human Story of the Open Web