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by Chris DiBona (Author), Sam Ockman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 280 pages
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; illustrated edition edition (3 Jan 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1565925823
  • ISBN-13: 978-1565925823
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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It is described as a grass roots revolution. The age of freely available source code for all, developed by thousands of programmers around the world for anyone to access has dawned.

As the editors point out, science is an ultimately Open Source enterprise. Why not computer programs?

For in the end the discovery process must be served by the sharing of information to enable others to go where one cannot.

In this revealing book, 14 of the acknowledged leaders of the Open Source revolution present a reasoned and powerful argument to sustain a new type of software industry powered by people who themselves do not see programming as work but as a satisfying intellectual exercise. It's an attitude which has helped lead to exciting developments now used worldwide--among them the fast growing Linux operating system, Emacs, described as the world's best editor and Perl, now the most popular of all scripting languages.

For the computer user Open Source brings what Bruce Perens of Open Source Initiative describes as a bill of rights--free upgrades when you need them, free switch of software when changing from Mac to PC being among them.

And he highlights the fact that those who don't make their programs Open Source now find it difficult to compete with those who do.

All in all, an intriguing look at revolution that in time will affect every computer user. A thought provoking read. --Stuart Russell

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Freely available source code, with contributions from thousands of programmers around the world: this is the spirit of the software revolution known as Open Source. In this text, leaders of Open Source come together to discuss the new vision of the software industry they have created, through essays that explain how the movement works, why it succeeds, and where it is going.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Important record and analysis of the revolution, 15 April 2000
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I was extremely impressed by the large number of key players in the Free Software revolution that O'Reilly brought together for this book.

Not only can newcomers use the text to better understand Free Software but even relative veterans are provided with food for thought particularly in relation to development processes and how to make a commercial success of Free Software.

It also provides some interesting insights into why software like Apache, Perl and GNU/Linux are designed the way they are - from their creators' own words.

The two reasons it gets only 4 stars are: a) Silly spelling errors e.g. "weather" when it should have been "whether" b) A major bias towards the Open Source terminology instead of Free Software though they do fairly discuss why this is done (not that I totally agree with them).

A useful and interesting book that may well become the key record of what happened in the past 20 years to culminate in proprietry software becoming so uncool.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fascinating, 8 Jun 1999
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If you're interested in any way about the birth of much of the software and applications that are in use today, and haven't been brainwashed into thinking that all computers must run on Micro$oft software then this book is a must read, and a bargain as well !
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's so cool, 1 April 1999
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This is without question the most important computing title of the decade.
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