Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] FOSS history books
2012/3/7 Andrés Becerra Sandoval andres.bece...@gmail.com: All of these are not entirely historical: - Hackers, heroes of the computer revolution, Steven Levy - Open Advice, Lydia Pintscher - Two Bits. The Cultural Significance of Free Software, Kelty - The Power of Open, Creative Commons - The Success of Open Source. Steven Weber - Perspectives on Open Source Software, http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=10477ttype=2 Thank you, I'll make sure to take note on these and look up after Rebel Code. -- Andrés Becerra Sandoval
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] FOSS history books
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Claudio Roberto França Pereira spide...@gmail.com wrote: I've ordered Rebel Code: Linux And The Open Source Revolution, from Glyn Moody, but I just realized it's pretty old, from January 2001, 11 years ago. Of course I'll love reading it, but I'd like to complete this study with the 2000 developments of FOSS. Linux 2.6, HAL life-cycle, GCC evolution, Ubuntu creation, Mozilla history, Google rising like a rocket. Anyone know a good recommendation in this subject? -- Claudio Roberto França Pereira All of these are not entirely historical: - Hackers, heroes of the computer revolution, Steven Levy - Open Advice, Lydia Pintscher - Two Bits. The Cultural Significance of Free Software, Kelty - The Power of Open, Creative Commons - The Success of Open Source. Steven Weber - Perspectives on Open Source Software, http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=10477ttype=2 -- Andrés Becerra Sandoval
[gentoo-user] [OT] FOSS history books
I've ordered Rebel Code: Linux And The Open Source Revolution, from Glyn Moody, but I just realized it's pretty old, from January 2001, 11 years ago. Of course I'll love reading it, but I'd like to complete this study with the 2000 developments of FOSS. Linux 2.6, HAL life-cycle, GCC evolution, Ubuntu creation, Mozilla history, Google rising like a rocket. Anyone know a good recommendation in this subject? -- Claudio Roberto França Pereira
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] FOSS history books
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Claudio Roberto França Pereira spide...@gmail.com wrote: I've ordered Rebel Code: Linux And The Open Source Revolution, from Glyn Moody, but I just realized it's pretty old, from January 2001, 11 years ago. Of course I'll love reading it, but I'd like to complete this study with the 2000 developments of FOSS. Linux 2.6, HAL life-cycle, GCC evolution, Ubuntu creation, Mozilla history, Google rising like a rocket. Anyone know a good recommendation in this subject? It's possible someone still needs to write one. -- :wq