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title: A Cooperative Alternative
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The Cooperative Cloud is a platform built by and for worked-owned technology
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cooperatives which proposes a shared social and technical infrastructure for
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the operation and management of free software applications. The project was
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initiated by [Autonomic].
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The project arose out of the understanding that technology cooperatives
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continue to struggle to deliver free software solutions without relying on
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monopolies such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon for technical infrastructure.
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The contradictions of working with abusive and extractive forces brings the
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idea of offering an alternative into question.
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[The technological crisis is a social crisis] and therefore building an
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alternative digital future cannot be done without broad and meaningful
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cooperation. The Cooperative Cloud project takes as its starting point, the
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independent free software community standards, tools, approaches and governance
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methods which cooperatives can make use of as part of offering a real
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alternative.
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To learn more, please see the [Getting Started guide].
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[autonomic]: https://autonomic.zone/
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[the technological crisis is a social crisis]: https://vvvvvvaria.org/~decentral1se/w/organising/crisis.jpeg
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[getting started guide]: getting-started/guide.md
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