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A high-velocity chronicle of the open source movement-and its impact on computing, business, and culture. The open source saga has many fascinating chapters. It is partly the story of Linus Torvalds, the master hacker who would become chief architect of the Linux operating system. It is... read more

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First Sentence

IF 1998 AND 1999 WERE THE WORST YEARS in Microsoft's history, 1991, by contrast, must have been a period when Bill Gates was feeling good.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Glyn Moody (Author)

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  1. business
  2. history
  3. linux
  4. open source
  5. technology 
 

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