In addition, because the middleware has been built to open standards, it means that anyone can use the underlying code to build their own user interface for a device to control networked appliances.

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Anyone can look at operating system source code, modify it and share it with the world.

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Anyone from the open-source community can tinker with one part of the code and produce a custom-configured operating system.

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The web is different because most of the code that runs public facing websites can be viewed by anyone with a web browser.

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Now anyone anywhere can provide software, thus reducing the need for costly boxed and proprietary licensed code.

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