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Today the Revolution OS DVD has been released. I
hadn't heard anything about it until today, but I'll certainly be getting
a copy.
What do people think about the possibility of the
LUG buying a copy to loan out to members (it's $25)?
For those who don't know about it, I've attached
some info I ripped from the site at www.revolutionos.com.
David.
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REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the
hackers who rebelled against the proprietary software model and Microsoft to
create GNU/Linux and the Open Source movement.
On June 1, 2001, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said
"Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to
everything it touches."
Microsoft fears GNU/Linux, and rightly so.
GNU/Linux and the Open Source & Free Software movements arguably represent
the greatest threat to Microsoft's way of life. Shot in cinemascope on 35mm film
in Silicon Valley, REVOLUTION OS tracks down the key movers and shakers behind
Linux, and finds out how and why Linux became such a potent threat.
REVOLUTION OS features interviews with Linus
Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Brian Behlendorf,
Michael Tiemann, Larry Augustin, Frank Hecker, and Rob Malda. To view the
trailer or the first eight minutes go to the ifilm website for
REVOLUTION OS.
Companies such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Ogilvy
& Mather, OSDN, and Dreamworks Animation have rented REVOLUTON OS for
private theatrical screenings. It has also screened in numerous film festivals
including South By Southwest Film Festival, the Atlanta Film & Video
Festival, Boston Film Festival, and Denver International Film Festival.
REVOLUTION OS won Best Documentary at both the Savannah Film & Video
Festival and the Kudzu Film Festival.
REVOLUTION OS is available in the 35 mm motion
picture format and runs 85 minutes.
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