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Sep 2020
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Command Line Heroes: Meet the Inventors

Red Hat
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Inventors don’t always get the credit they deserve, even for world-changing breakthroughs.  

Season 6 of Command Line Heroes tells the stories of ingenious inventors who haven’t been given their full due. These heroes did nothing less than create new industries, dazzle our imaginations, and reshaped the world as we know it.  

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