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Rebel Code: How Linus Torvalds, Linux And the Open Source Movement Are Outmastering Microsoft - Couverture souple

Moody, Glyn

 
9780713995206: Rebel Code: How Linus Torvalds, Linux And the Open Source Movement Are Outmastering Microsoft
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0713995203 ISBN 13 : 9780713995206
Editeur : Allen Lane, 2001

Synopsis

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 power of cooperation in the development of new technology. Hundreds of programmers from around the world 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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
Allen Lane
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0713995203
ISBN 13 
9780713995206
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
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Personne responsable
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