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tell you, is not a smooth, well-oiled machine. It’s a messy patchwork that has been assembled over decades, and it is held together with the digital equivalent of duct tape and bubble gum. Much of it relies on open-source software that is thanklessly maintained by a small army of volunteer programmers who fix the bugs.
Internet: <www.nytimes.com> (adapted).
Considering the previous text and its linguistic aspects, judge the following items.
The Internet depends on software that is poorly maintained by a large team of volunteer programmers.