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'''Acorn''' was a [[computer]] manufacturer in the [[United Kingdom]] from 1978 - 1998, based in [[Cambridge]], home to many UK computer companies at that time. From 1981 to 1994 the company had an extremely lucrative relationship with the [[BBC]], producing the BBC Micro and Master range of computers, whilst the BBC ran a series of educational programmes on British television about computing.<ref>{{cite journal|date=10 September 1981|title=Schools' computer sits a public examination|journal=New Scientist|publisher=Reed Business Information|volume=91|issue=1270|issn=0262-4079|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jpr_dn_0IfEC&pg=PA664&dq=Acorn+Computers+BBC&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4YpUVeegHoK1ggSXt4D4CQ&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBjgK|quote=The BBC Microcomputer, designed by Acorn Computers as a companion to the BBC's 10-part television series on computing, got its first public airing at the Personal Computerworld show this week.|page=664}}</ref> These machines were almost ubiquitous in UK [[schools]] and some public sector institutions and utilities, including British Rail, one of the largest users of IT systems in Britain in the 1980s. Eventually, however, the dominance of the [[Windows]]/X86 PC platform, and its lower cost, led to collapse of Acorn, and the dramatic decline of the computing platform it developed. By 1998, Acorn "collectively generated revenues of 11.5m and operating losses of £(10.0)m, compared with revenues of £25.2m and operating losses of £(3.7)m in 1997."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uspacket.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/19990427-Acorn-audited-results-for-1998.pdf|title=Acorn Group PLC|year=1998|publisher=US Packet|language=English|accessdate=14 May 2015|quote=In 1998 they collectively generated revenues of 11.5m and operating losses of £(10.0)m, compared with revenues of £25.2m and operating losses of £(3.7)m in 1997.}}</ref>

'''Acorn''' was a [[computer]] manufacturer in the [[United Kingdom]] from 1978 - 1998, based in [[Cambridge]], home to many UK computer companies at that time. From 1981 to 1994 the company had an extremely lucrative relationship with the [[BBC]], producing the BBC Micro and Master range of computers, whilst the BBC ran a series of educational programmes on British television about computing.<ref>{{cite journal|date=10 September 1981|title=Schools' computer sits a public examination|journal=New Scientist|publisher=Reed Business Information|volume=91|issue=1270|issn=0262-4079|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jpr_dn_0IfEC&pg=PA664&dq=Acorn+Computers+BBC&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4YpUVeegHoK1ggSXt4D4CQ&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBjgK|quote=The BBC Microcomputer, designed by Acorn Computers as a companion to the BBC's 10-part television series on computing, got its first public airing at the Personal Computerworld show this week.|page=664}}</ref> These machines were almost ubiquitous in UK [[schools]] and some public sector institutions and utilities, including British Rail, one of the largest users of IT systems in Britain in the 1980s. Eventually, however, the dominance of the [[Windows]]/X86 PC platform, and its lower cost, led to collapse of Acorn, and the dramatic decline of the computing platform it developed. By 1998, Acorn "collectively generated revenues of 11.5m and operating losses of £(10.0)m, compared with revenues of £25.2m and operating losses of £(3.7)m in 1997."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uspacket.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/19990427-Acorn-audited-results-for-1998.pdf|title=Acorn Group PLC|year=1998|publisher=US Packet|language=English|accessdate=14 May 2015|quote=In 1998 they collectively generated revenues of 11.5m and operating losses of £(10.0)m, compared with revenues of £25.2m and operating losses of £(3.7)m in 1997.}}</ref>

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Tails (operating system)|Tails Anonymous Secure Operating System]]

* [[Tails (operating system)|Tails Anonymous Secure Operating System]]

* [[Linux]]

* [[Linux]]

* [[Apple Computer]] [[MacOS]] for [[Apple Macintosh]]

* [[Apple Computer]] [[MacOS]] for [[Apple Macintosh]]

* [[Mobile device]]s: [[Smartphones]] and [[tablet computer|tablets]]

* [[Mobile device]]s: [[Smartphones]] and [[tablet computer|tablets]]

* [[Apple Computer|Apple]] [[iOS]] for [[iPhone]]-[[iPod]]-[[iPad]]

* [[iOS]] for [[iPhone]]-[[iPod]]-[[iPad]]

* [[Android (operating system)|Android]]

* [[Android (operating system)|Android]]

* [[BlackBerry OS|Blackberry]]

* [[BlackBerry OS|Blackberry]]

* '''[[Security]] [[Software]] and [[Security-focused operating systems|Security-Focused Operating Systems]]''' to protect [[unalienable rights|unalienable]] [[Fifth Amendment]] - [[Fourth Amendment]] [[Right to Privacy]] ([[Internet privacy]], [[Information privacy]], [[Expectation of privacy]]) and [[Second Amendment]] - [[First Amendment]] ([[Freedom of information]] and [[Political freedom]]) rights against [[unconstitutional]] [[Gun control]] - [[Internet censorship]] [[Big government]] [[Police state]], [[hackers]], and "[[5 U.S.C. § 3331|all enemies, foreign and domestic]]" of [[American values|American]] [[liberty]].

* '''[[Security]] [[Software]] and [[Security-focused operating systems|Security-Focused Operating Systems]]''' to protect [[unalienable rights|unalienable]] [[Fifth Amendment]] - [[Fourth Amendment]] [[Right to Privacy]] ([[Internet privacy]], [[Information privacy]], [[Expectation of privacy]]) and [[Second Amendment]] - [[First Amendment]] ([[Freedom of information]] and [[Political freedom]]) rights against [[unconstitutional]] [[Gun control]] - [[Internet censorship]] [[Big government]] [[Police state]], [[hackers]], and "[[5 U.S.C. § 3331|all enemies, foreign and domestic]]" of [[American values|American]] [[liberty]].

** '''[[Anonymity]] with [[Tails (operating system)|Tails Operating System]]''': [[Linux]]-based with [[Tor (anonymity network)]],  [[Firefox]] [[Iceweasel]] [[browser]], [[HTTPS Everywhere]] [[encryption]]

** '''[[Anonymity]] with [[Tails (operating system)|Tails Operating System]]''': Linux-based with [[Tor (anonymity network)]],  [[Firefox]] [[Iceweasel]] [[browser]], [[HTTPS Everywhere]] [[encryption]]

** '''[[Prism-break.org|Prism-Break.org]]''': Opt out of global data [[surveillance]] programs like [[PRISM]], [[ECHELON]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]].<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical! We all have an [[unalienable right]] to [[privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypting]] your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary products and services."</ref>

** '''[[Prism-break.org|Prism-Break.org]]''': Opt out of global data [[surveillance]] programs like [[PRISM]], [[ECHELON]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]].<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical! We all have an [[unalienable right]] to [[privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypting]] your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary products and services."</ref>