Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source RevolutionThe open source saga has many fascinating chapters. It is partly the story of Linus Torvalds, the master hacker who would become chief architect of the Linux operating system. It is also the story of thousands of devoted programmers around the world who spontaneously worked in tandem to complete the race to shape Linux into the ultimate killer app. Rebel Code traces the remarkable roots of this unplanned revolution. It echoes the twists and turns of Linux's improbable development, as it grew through an almost biological process of accretion and finally took its place at the heart of a jigsaw puzzle that would become the centerpiece of open source. With unprecedented access to the principal players, Moody has written a powerful tale of individual innovation versus big business. Rebel Code provides a from-the-trenches perspective and looks ahead to how open source is challenging long-held conceptions of technology, commerce, and culture. |
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User Review - joeyreads - LibraryThingI can't give this a star rating. It began excellently, and ended in irrelevant trivia, and farce. I read this book very much from a personal historical perspective, since I lived the history it ... Read full review
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User Review - jaygheiser - LibraryThingGood, but not great. The author's political bias was readily apparent. Using the example of Linux as the prototypical case, the book describes the history of the open source movement. Read full review
Contents
A Minor Rebellion | |
Factor X | |
Patching | |
LowDown in the Valley | |
Mozilla Dot Party | |
A Foothold | |
Distributions and Shares | |
Open for Business | |
Trolls Versus Gnomes | |
Lies Damned Lies and Benchmarks | |
Tomorrows Hothouse | |
Boot Then Root | |
Linus 2 0 | |
Learning from Berkeley | |
The Art of Code | |
Beyond the Market | |
Afterword | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution |
| Author | Glyn Moody |
| Publisher | Basic Books, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0786745207, 9780786745203 |
| Length | 344 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / General |
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