i would also recommend watching the revolutionOS documentary for added references
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 03:00:24 +0800, Prem Vilas Fortran Rara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't believe you gave your TIME on this. How should I thank you? > There goes your name (with nick) at the credits. > > On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:59:51 +0800, Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Last sentence: "The revolutionary software technologies..." I don't > > know if this is true. Unix as one example, was not developed within the > > academe, but by Bell Labs R&D in the early 1970's. People around here > > can give many other examples besides. This is a debatable issue and one > > that I think your article would be better off not mentioning. > > I reinforced the argument above with this: > Revolutionary software technologies or derivatives mostly did not come > from R&D departments but from the academe. An example is the Unix > operating system developed at Bell Labs. Though it was deemed > propietary and the technology itself came from R&D but derivatives of > it like GNU/Linux or BSD operating systems have utilities developed by > university software researchers. Research culture in R&D emanate from > the academic training grounds and even old proprietary models are > based on the culture of sharing and peer interaction. The academe will > always be a breeding ground for innovative ideas. > > Is it sound? > > > > -- > Prem Vilas Fortran Rara > [web] http://premrara.com > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
