Revolution OS | Linus Torvalds, Richard M. Stallman | Great background material to OSS

Revolution OS | Linus Torvalds, Richard M. Stallman | A wonderful compilation

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Revolution OS

	Revolution OS Linus Torvalds, Richard M. Stallman Wonderview Productions, 2003 average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Documentary on the hackers and computer programmers who rebelled against Microsoft and proprietary software to create GNU, Linux, and the open source movement.
Genre: Documentary
Rating: NR
Release Date: 16-SEP-2003
Media Type: DVD

Great background material to OSS

The 2 DVD's in this set contains a great collection of interviews giving background to the Open Software movement.

Basic introductory level material for the person wanting to know more about the history.

A wonderful compilation

A wonderful documentary about the GNU movement and birth of Linux. Some hard to find interviews and recordings of some key events. The documentary has been very well prepared, with all necessary details in place.
I read Eric Raymond's Cathedral and the Bazaar straight after the book, which led me to rethink my business model. I would recommend it to all young entrepreneurs.

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Understanding the open source phenomenon

Provides an excellent foundation for understanding the disruptive open source technology phenomenon, its cultural and community roots, and business models in the pursuit of freedom, innovation and renewed competition in a monopoly market.

What a great movie

This movies truly show you what is behind Microsoft, Linux and the open source community. I really recommend everyone in the IT field to watch it. No one should miss such a great movie

Not Definitive, But Worthwhile

Revolution OS is a reasonably-accurate snapshot of the Open Source movement at a particular moment in time. It presents some of the major participants and their philosophies and stories, focusing on the breakthrough to public awareness and commercial acceptance of Open Source software in general and the Linux operating system in particular. The differences between the Free Software ethos and the marketing-friendly Open Source approach is also explored in some depth. Many other aspects of the Free Software, Open Source, and Linux stories get only cursory treatment, and therefore the documentary is neither balanced nor good evangelism. While this is regrettable, the interested viewer can follow up by reading the books and essays available from many of the people profiled, including Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, and Eric Raymond.

There's still plenty of room for a more definitive documentary, but Mr. Moore should get credit for being the first to give the public at large a glimpse of some of the people behind the Open Source phenomenon. Even those who will, like me, learn nothing new from this film will enjoy the chance to see and hear people who have had a profound impact on their life but who they have only "met" online.

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