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" The computer environment is radically different today. In the 1980s, it was like the Wild West, with a lot of open territory. Now, the cowboys have moved out and the farmers have moved in. "

Mitch Kapor

Farmers

Wild

Today

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Mitch Kapor

World

Sense

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Mitch Kapor

Care

Health

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Mitch Kapor

Know

Woke

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