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@article{ Holtgrewe2004, title = {Articulating the speed(s) of the Internet: the case of open source/free software}, author = {Holtgrewe, Ursula}, journal = {Time & Society}, number = {1}, pages = {129-146}, volume = {13}, year = {2004}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X04040750}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-122596}, abstract = {"The Internet is widely considered as a key factor of speeding up social and cultural change. It represents the merging of information and communication technologies and enables flows of information and capital, and communication and co-operation regardless of space and, possibly, time. The paper explores the example of Open Source/Free Software development, i.e. software development in self-organised projects based on a considerable share of voluntary work. Here, we find complex articulations of speeding up and slowing down technological development. Open Source/Free Software projects complement the logic of speeding up technological progress and of obsolescence with a reflexive logic of optionality, variety and sustainability which addresses the accessibility of technology and knowledge as a precondition for future creativity beyond markets and organisations." (author's abstract)}, keywords = {Informationstechnologie; information technology; Internet; Computer; computer; Internet; Nachhaltigkeit; sustainability; Software; software}}