Rebel Code

Linux and the Open Source Revolution

Glyn Moody

344 pages, parution le 18/01/2002

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Résumé

In 1991, a 21 year-old student, Linus Torvalds set about writing a free alternative to the UNIX operating system. The system he established is now used by more than 10 million people & the numbers are growing. It is fast, it can be used on any number of hardware platforms, from multi-chip super computers to palm pilots, &, astonishingly, it's free.

The story of its development reveals the importance of cooperation in new technology. Hundreds of programmers from around the world have worked outside government and corporate control to create a product that has caused conventional business to blanch. The book describes in vivid detail the dreamers and businessmen who have turned a private passion into a global phenomenon.

Sommaire

Prologue

The Coolest Year
The New GNU Thing
A Minor Rebellion
Factor X
Patching Up
Root then Boot
Linus 2.0
Learning from Berkeley
The Art of Code
Low-Down in the Valley
Mozilla Dot Party
A Foothold
Distributions and Shares
Open for Business
Trolls Versus Gnomes
Lies, Damned Lies, and Benchmarks
Tomorrow's Hothouse
Beyond the Market

Postscript

Index

L'auteur - Glyn Moody

Glyn Moody is a columnist for Computer Weekly and a regular contributor to The Guardian, The Financial Times and The Economist, among many other newspapers and periodicals.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Penguin
Auteur(s)	Glyn Moody
Parution	18/01/2002
Nb. de pages	344
Format	12,8 x 19,2
Couverture	Broché
Poids	233g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780140298048