A visual history of open source

September 08, 2014, 10:56 AM The open source movement has brought good things to the lives of countless people around the world. But have you ever wondered how it all got started? Check out this infographic that walks you through the birth of open source in the 1950s to today's thriving open source world.

According to Piktochart:

From operating systems to development tools and programming languages to browsers and thousands of utilities and applications, Open Source has led the way. Now, discover the movement's history.

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Image credit: InformIT

Hat tip: Arccore on Google+

Note that I've only included a small chunk of the infographic in the quote box above. Be sure to click through to see the entire thing. I think it's a great visual representation of how far open source has come over the years.

The infographic is based on five Wikipedia articles. Here are links to each of them if you want to enjoy some additional reading:

GNU Project Open Source Free Software Movement History of Free and Open Source Software Open Source Initiative

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A visual history of open source