RevolutionOS

freedog96150 · 08. Apr 2010, 11:01 AM

Just watched RevolutionOS (streamed over Netflix). Very interesting documentary on the history/origins of Linux, Gnu and the Opensource Foundation. I can recommend this to anyone who harbors the same interest as I do for computer history.

My only disappointment is that there were absolutely no, as in ZERO, mentions of my personal IT heros. How can you talk about the history of Linux and Gnu tools without mentioning the father(s) of the C programming language, Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson. It was ALSO those two who were instrumental in migrating Multics to the first versions of Unix. Add in the rest of the group at Bell Labs, Brian Kernighan, Al Aho, Peter Weinberger and a few others and you have the basis of what is still used today for almost every OS we use. All hail Space Wars!

wdhpr · 10. Apr 2010, 06:08 PM

Hats off to the insightful early development team that stuck to their principals to provide the world with a powerful alternative to proprietary operating systems.
Long live open source

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Cheers
Wdhpr

08. Apr 2010, 11:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
freedog96150 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Not Vegas Posts: 111	RevolutionOS Just watched RevolutionOS (streamed over Netflix). Very interesting documentary on the history/origins of Linux, Gnu and the Opensource Foundation. I can recommend this to anyone who harbors the same interest as I do for computer history. My only disappointment is that there were absolutely no, as in ZERO, mentions of my personal IT heros. How can you talk about the history of Linux and Gnu tools without mentioning the father(s) of the C programming language, Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson. It was ALSO those two who were instrumental in migrating Multics to the first versions of Unix. Add in the rest of the group at Bell Labs, Brian Kernighan, Al Aho, Peter Weinberger and a few others and you have the basis of what is still used today for almost every OS we use. All hail Space Wars! __________________ "Without fear, there is no courage"

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10. Apr 2010, 06:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
wdhpr Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The north Coast Posts: 1,117	Hats off to the insightful early development team that stuck to their principals to provide the world with a powerful alternative to proprietary operating systems. Long live open source . Cheers Wdhpr