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Commodification of Technology is what the name of the game is, way back in 1990 yes i can say that since i belong to that era ;-) Just like knowledge if its not put to good use what is the use of that knowledge in the same way Technology is here to stay and is being put to use we without even realizing. Imagine there are no computers , its hard if you try sorry John lenon its a shameless plug since i like your song anyway long story short Ethernet was in and Metcalfe’s law was in place ,Computers labs back then either had some version of Unix in them or Novell Netware based PC’s talking to each other over ethernet on TCP/IP the times were different and the demands of the industry were also different with respect to Human Resources ( I know lots of people do not like this term) Come Circa 2018 while i am still writing about the same issues which have been lingering since 1990 , Why ? While on one front these Unix wars were going on Microsoft and Apple were having there own competition going on . GNU project has its roots in these frustrations and hacker culture which brought the Free software movement in the first place Since FOSS is after all run by humans and we all are part of this society at large we cannot escape from these principles in spite of so many advancements in alternative currencies in vouge today. We have to look at this issue more holistically as Humans so what i am saying is its always been more of Social issue rather being of a Technological one. There have been certain attempts in this direction as well but the magnitude of the issue is as such that we will be needing more brains and efforts to solve these issues. What i propose is something which is going to be a mix of both theory and practicals in terms of execution ...