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The Journey of Jon Lech Johansen: Young Programmer's Global Influence

Calendar Feb 26, 2001 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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In the basement of an old farmhouse deep in the Norwegian countryside, a 15-year-old computer geek named Jon Lech Johansen pecked out the finishing touches on a piece of programming that had been keeping him busy after school. Jon says . . . In the basement of an old farmhouse deep in the Norwegian countryside, a 15-year-old computer geek named Jon Lech Johansen pecked out the finishing touches on a piece of programming that had been keeping him busy after school. Jon says he didn't realize it at the time, but when he pressed 'enter' on his keyboard 16 months ago and launched his handiwork into cyberspace, he was setting off an intercontinental earthquake.

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