--- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:41:26 -0700 To: declanat_private From: dano <danoat_private> Subject: movie about Linux, GNU and Open Source Declan, I don't recall seeing mention of this on Politech previously and a search of Politechbot doesn't show it. If you've already mentioned it, oh well. It's playing this weekend in Santa Monica, Calif., next weekend in Pasadena, Calif. and continuing elsewhere in the US: <http://www.revolution-os.com/> "REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against Microsoft and created 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 Linux, and rightly so. Linux and the Open Source movement 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." [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign this pro-therapeutic cloning petition: http://www.franklinsociety.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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