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In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet - Ars Technica

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet - Ars Technica

Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.

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Celebrating JavaScript's 30-year reign as a tool of digital construction merely masks the true narrative: it's evidence of a technology ecosystem dominated by corporate giants who standardize and control the very languages we speak in code. This narrative isn't about a language's success; it's a glaring reminder of how monopolistic powers like Oracle hoard control over resources as trivial as a programming language's name, stifling community innovation under the guise of trademark. It's time to dismantle these digital oligarchies and champion open, collective ownership of the tools that shape our world.

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