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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. 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. | + | '''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. 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. |
| − | [[Category:Computers]][[Category:Companies]] | + | ==See Also== |
| + | * [[Tails (operating system)|Tails Anonymous Secure Operating System]] | ||
| + | * [[Linux]] | ||
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| + | * [[IBM]], [[HP]], Dell and [[Microsoft]] [[Windows]] | ||
| + | * [[Apple Computer]] [[MacOS]] for [[Apple Macintosh]] | ||
| + | * [[Mobile device]]s: [[Smartphones]] and [[tablet computer|tablets]] | ||
| + | * [[Apple Computer|Apple]] [[iOS]] for [[iPhone]]-[[iPod]]-[[iPad]] | ||
| + | * [[Android (operating system)|Android]] | ||
| + | * [[BlackBerry OS|Blackberry]] | ||
| + | * [[Microsoft]] [[Windows Phone]] with [[Windows 8]] | ||
| + | * '''[[Big government|Big Government]]''': [[ObamaCare]]-[[Common Core]]-[[Social Security]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to '''[[Police state]]''': [[Globalist]]-[[Statist]]-[[Socialist]]-[[National Socialist]]-[[Communist]] | ||
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| + | '''Contrast with:''' | ||
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| + | * '''[[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]] | ||
| + | ** '''[[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> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | [[Category:Computers]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
Revision as of 22:30, December 8, 2014
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. 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.
See Also
- IBM, HP, Dell and Microsoft Windows
- Apple Computer MacOS for Apple Macintosh
- Mobile devices: Smartphones and tablets
- Apple iOS for iPhone-iPod-iPad
- Android
- Blackberry
- Microsoft Windows Phone with Windows 8
- Big Government: ObamaCare-Common Core-Social Security Welfare state leads to Nanny state, leads to Police state: Globalist-Statist-Socialist-National Socialist-Communist
Contrast with:
- Security Software and Security-Focused Operating Systems to protect 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 "all enemies, foreign and domestic" of American liberty.
- Anonymity with Tails Operating System: Linux-based with Tor (anonymity network), Firefox Iceweasel browser, HTTPS Everywhere encryption
- Prism-Break.org: Opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, ECHELON, XKeyscore and Tempora.[1]
References
- ↑ "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."
