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History of Computing Ser.: For Fun and Profit : A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution by Christopher Tozzi (2017, Hardcover)

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For Fun and Profit : A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution, Hardcover by Tozzi, Christopher; Zittrain, Jonathan (FRW), ISBN 0262036479, ISBN-13 9780262036474, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The free and open source software movement, from its origins in hacker culture, through the development of GNU and Linux, to its commercial use today.

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The free and open source software movement, from its origins in hacker culture, through the development of GNU and Linux, to its commercial use today. In the 1980s, there was a revolution with far-reaching consequences--a revolution to restore software freedom. In the early 1980s, after decades of making source code available with programs, most programmers ceased sharing code freely. A band of revolutionaries, self-described "hackers," challenged this new norm by building operating systems with source code that could be freely shared. In For Fun and Profit , Christopher Tozzi offers an account of the free and open source software (FOSS) revolution, from its origins as an obscure, marginal effort by a small group of programmers to the widespread commercial use of open source software today. Tozzi explains FOSS's historical trajectory, shaped by eccentric personalities--including Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds--and driven both by ideology and pragmatism, by fun and profit. Tozzi examines hacker culture and its influence on the Unix operating system, the reaction to Unix's commercialization, and the history of early Linux development. He describes the commercial boom that followed, when companies invested billions of dollars in products using FOSS operating systems; the subsequent tensions within the FOSS movement; and the battles with closed source software companies (especially Microsoft) that saw FOSS as a threat. Finally, Tozzi describes FOSS's current dominance in embedded computing, mobile devices, and the cloud, as well as its cultural and intellectual influence.

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MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262036479
ISBN-13
9780262036474
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Author
Christopher Tozzi
Publication Name
For Fun and Profit : a History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Series
History of Computing Ser.
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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8.3in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.7in
Item Weight
16.6 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Qa76.76.O62t69 2017
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Social Aspects, Programming / Open Source, History
Lccn
2016-053524
Dewey Decimal
005.3
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Computers, Technology & Engineering

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