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%T Articulating the speed(s) of the Internet: the case of open source/free software %A Holtgrewe, Ursula %J Time & Society %N 1 %P 129-146 %V 13 %D 2004 %= 2010-08-27T12:42:00Z %~ USB Köln %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-122596 %U http://soziologie.uni-duisburg.de/personen/holtgrewe/uh-kwi602.pdf %X "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) %C GBR %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info