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Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution
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Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution Paperback - 2002

by Glyn Moody

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From the publisher

"Open source" began as the mantra of a small group of idealistic hackers and has blossomed into the all-important slogan for progressive business and computing. This fast-moving narrative starts at ground zero, with the dramatic incubation of open-source software by Linux and its enigmatic creator, Linus Torvalds. With firsthand accounts, it describes how a motley group of programmers managed to shake up the computing universe and cause a radical shift in thinking for the post-Microsoft era. A powerful and engaging tale of innovation versus big business, Rebel Code chronicles the race to create and perfect open-source software, and provides the ideal perch from which to explore the changes that cyberculture has engendered in our society. Based on over fifty interviews with open-source protagonists such as Torvalds and open source guru Richard Stallman, Rebel Code captures the voice and the drama behind one of the most significant business trends in recent memory.

First line

IF 1998 AND 1999 WERE THE WORST YEARS in Microsoft's history, 1991, by contrast, must have been a period when Bill Gates was feeling good.

Details

  • Title Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution
  • Author Glyn Moody
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New edition
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books
  • Publication date 2002-06-20
  • Features Index
  • ISBN 9780738206707 / 0738206709
  • Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.33 x 5.79 x 0.91 in (23.70 x 14.71 x 2.31 cm)
  • Reading level 1250
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Operating systems (Computers), Open source software
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011281457
  • Dewey Decimal Code 005.446

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Citations

  • Choice, 12/01/2002, Page 663

About the author

Glyn Moody is a London-based writer who has been covering Linux almost since its inception. He has published major features on it in Wired, New Scientist, and Salon, and has written for the Economist and the Financial Times.

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