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Here are some of the surprising 😲 facts about the Open Source space which most of us were not aware about - Fact 1: In 1911, before computers, Henry Ford pioneered open source by sharing auto tech patents freely. 🚗💡 #OpenSourceHistory Fact 2: Linux isn't the first open source software; it's the A-2 system from 1953, inviting user feedback. 🐧📜 #OpenSourceBeginnings Fact 3: The term "Open Source" was coined in 1998 during Navigator's source code release. Over the next couple of days, the term was promoted heavily. Linus Torvalds – the entrepreneur behind Linux – gave his approval to the term the following week.💻🔓 #OpenSourceTerm Fact 4: By 2015, 95% of IT firms embraced open source for software development. 📊🔄 #OpenSourceGrowth Fact 5: Open source was once doubted for security, but it's actually more secure thanks to widespread scrutiny. 🔒👨‍💻 #OpenSourceSecurity Fact 6: There’s a chance you have not heard about the InfoWorld Bossie Awards before. Instituted in 2007, these awards are given to worthy winners across several categories. Winners for 2013 include Varnish, Magento, SugarCRM, MariaDB and Nginx, among others.🏆🌟 #OpenSourceAwards Fact 7: The most invaluable open source software? Linux! It shaped the tech world. 🌐🐧 #Linux #OpenSourceLegend I'll be writing more such tweets to share interesting and less known insights about open source space! 🌐🐦 #OpenSource #oss #Linux #opensource