Rebel Code

Linux and the Open Source Revolution

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Glyn Moody: Rebel Code (2001, Allen Lane)

Hardcover, 334 pages

English language

Published Jan. 20, 2001 by Allen Lane.

ISBN:
978-0-7139-9520-6
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This book was written during the dotcom bubble, with an Afterword after the bubble burst. So it gets the history right, and misses on some predictions. Most notably, it didn't foresee a world in which desktops fade in relevance, replaced by smartphones. BUT, it correctly predicts that Linux would continue to grow -- both on the server side, and in the form of Android. For me, it was a walk down memory lane. Good stuff.

Subjects

  • History of ideas, intellectual history
  • Impact of computing & IT on society
  • Information technology industries
  • Service industries
  • Unix, Unix Linux & Unix TCL/TK
  • Operating Systems - Windows
  • Computers - Operating Systems
  • Computer Bks - Operating Systems