For fun and profit : a history of the free and open source software revolution /
Tozzi, Christopher J., 1986-
For fun and profit : a history of the free and open source software revolution / Christopher Tozzi ; foreword by Jonathan Zittrain. - x, 324 pages ; 22 cm. - History of Computing . - History of computing. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314) and index.
Foreword / by Jonathan Zittrain -- Introduction -- The path to revolution : Unix and the origins of hacker culture -- Inventing the FOSS revolution : hacker crisis, GNU, and the Free Software Foundation -- A kernel of hope : the story of Linux -- The moderate FOSS revolution -- The FOSS revolutionary wars : free software, open source, and Microsoft -- Ending the FOSS revolution?
The free and open source software movement, from its origins in hacker culture, through the development of GNU and Linux, to its commercial use today. In the 1980s, there was a revolution with far-reaching consequences--a revolution to restore software freedom. In the early 1980s, after decades of making source code available with programs, most programmers ceased sharing code freely. A band of revolutionaries, self-described "hackers," challenged this new norm by building operating systems with source code that could be freely shared. In For Fun and Profit, Christopher Tozzi offers an account of the free and open source software (FOSS) revolution, from its origins as an obscure, marginal effort by a small group of programmers to the widespread commercial use of open source software today. Tozzi explains FOSS's historical trajectory, shaped by eccentric personalities--including Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds--and driven both by ideology and pragmatism, by fun and profit. Tozzi examines hacker culture and its influence on the Unix operating system, the reaction to Unix's commercialization, and the history of early Linux development. He describes the commercial boom that followed, when companies invested billions of dollars in products using FOSS operating systems; the subsequent tensions within the FOSS movement; and the battles with closed source software companies (especially Microsoft) that saw FOSS as a threat. Finally, Tozzi describes FOSS's current dominance in embedded computing, mobile devices, and the cloud, as well as its cultural and intellectual influence. -- Provided by publisher.
9780262036474 0262036479 9780262551786 0262551780
2016053524
GBB7C7843 bnb
018437774 Uk
Open source software.
For fun and profit : a history of the free and open source software revolution / Christopher Tozzi ; foreword by Jonathan Zittrain. - x, 324 pages ; 22 cm. - History of Computing . - History of computing. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314) and index.
Foreword / by Jonathan Zittrain -- Introduction -- The path to revolution : Unix and the origins of hacker culture -- Inventing the FOSS revolution : hacker crisis, GNU, and the Free Software Foundation -- A kernel of hope : the story of Linux -- The moderate FOSS revolution -- The FOSS revolutionary wars : free software, open source, and Microsoft -- Ending the FOSS revolution?
The free and open source software movement, from its origins in hacker culture, through the development of GNU and Linux, to its commercial use today. In the 1980s, there was a revolution with far-reaching consequences--a revolution to restore software freedom. In the early 1980s, after decades of making source code available with programs, most programmers ceased sharing code freely. A band of revolutionaries, self-described "hackers," challenged this new norm by building operating systems with source code that could be freely shared. In For Fun and Profit, Christopher Tozzi offers an account of the free and open source software (FOSS) revolution, from its origins as an obscure, marginal effort by a small group of programmers to the widespread commercial use of open source software today. Tozzi explains FOSS's historical trajectory, shaped by eccentric personalities--including Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds--and driven both by ideology and pragmatism, by fun and profit. Tozzi examines hacker culture and its influence on the Unix operating system, the reaction to Unix's commercialization, and the history of early Linux development. He describes the commercial boom that followed, when companies invested billions of dollars in products using FOSS operating systems; the subsequent tensions within the FOSS movement; and the battles with closed source software companies (especially Microsoft) that saw FOSS as a threat. Finally, Tozzi describes FOSS's current dominance in embedded computing, mobile devices, and the cloud, as well as its cultural and intellectual influence. -- Provided by publisher.
9780262036474 0262036479 9780262551786 0262551780
2016053524
GBB7C7843 bnb
018437774 Uk
Open source software.