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Tarfumes.com - Revolution OS
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Manufacturer: Wonderview Productions
Starring: Linus Torvalds, Richard M. Stallman, Eric Raymond, Bruce Perens, Larry Augustin
Directed By: J.T.S. Moore
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MOORE,J.T.S.
EAN: 0634479405297
Format: Color
Label: Wonderview Productions
Manufacturer: Wonderview Productions
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Wonderview Productions
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2003-09-30
Running Time: 85
Studio: Wonderview Productions
Theatrical Release Date: 2002-02-15
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Editorial Reviews:
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REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers and computer programmers who rebelled against Microsoft and the idea of proprietary software to create GNU, Linux, and the Open Source movement. Shot on location in Silicon Valley on 35mm film and in widescreen, REVOLUTION OS captures an offbeat group of characters who are three-parts libertarian, two-parts communist, and one-part bad garage band.
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Summary: Understanding the open source phenomenon
Comment: 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.
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Summary: What a great movie
Comment: 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
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Summary: Great background material to OSS
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Not Definitive, But Worthwhile
Comment: 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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Summary: A wonderful compilation
Comment: 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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