Seems to me like the PC revolution started with FOSS; Microsoft coopted it for a while; and now we're back to where we should have been all along. I don't think it's logical to say "neocommunists" have been "undermining" or "fundamentally changing" anything - we had open source/FOSS, Microsoft took it away from some for a while, and now it's back. Brief aberration; unfortunate, but we survived.
Take it easy, David Berube Berube Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] (603)-485-9622 http://www.berubeconsulting.com/ Paul Lussier wrote: > charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Who: Tim Wessels >> What: Revolution OS ( a movie ) >> Date: December 13, 2007 >> Time: 7:00PM >> Where: SAU 1 office, 106 Hancock Rd., Peterborough >> http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/MonadLUG >> >> From http://www.revolution-os.com/ >> ---------------------- >> >> 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. > > I had completely forgotten about this film. I don't think I've ever > seen it, and I know I'll never make it to the meeting to see it. So I > decided to see if NetFlix has it and I'll just watch it at home. > > They certainly have it, but I'm rather surprised at the description > they provide for the movie: > > For the past two decades, a group of computer hackers, > neocommunists and entrepreneurs has been gradually undermining > Microsoft's monopoly and fundamentally changing the way software > is developed and owned -- a revolution that resulted in the Linux > operating system and the Open Source movement. This fascinating > documentary explores the OS movement's origins and depicts the > grassroots nature of Linux and OS as they march into the > mainstream. > > Neo-communists? I think that's rather harsh. I wouldn't describe the > F/OSS movement as being run by Neo-communists. And, technically, > could a movement being "run" (and I use that term loosely too) by > communists and entrepreneurs ever succeed, given that capitalism and > communism are opposing forces? > > Is it me, or was this blurb written by someone who is ignorant on > several different levels? _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/