Linux legend

Author: Alan Moody?

Translator: Dumer

"Linux Legend" speed records, the "free" software, becoming the latitude and latitude of Windows 2000 and all the alternative options outside of all exclusive software, and how to describe the original code from the beginning, only one idealism The talent proposal of the colorful hacker small group, which is the most important slogan of forward-looking business and computer community. In addition, "Linux Legends" also examines Linux how to support tens of millions of computers around the world in HP, IBM, and Oracle, etc.

This book author Ge Lin? Moody's information from the majority of the main character, writing the free software movement along the history of Tobaz, Stonman, Walmon, Toben, Belelen Dolph, Raymond and many inventions In the observation of defending open original code sports, the vision and dramatic development behind the most important business trends in modern history.

LINUX legend outdoors, Seattle's sky is sinking.

The indoor, the peaceful and the atmosphere is filled, and the young men and women in the small barrier are not? Only the sound of the keyboard broke the silence, and there is a rare to talk about each other. However, although the environment is comfortable, the people in the small barrier have a fear that is like a flood. They know that there is a terrible ghost around Microsoft.

This ghost has a name: open source. The company's two ghost observation experts have written its characteristics in two memos. Although the two memo marked with "Microsoft Delivery", it has already flows out of the company, and it is extremely published on the Internet during Hallusian in 1998. Microsoft had to admit that the memo indeed coming from the company, but only said that several engineers were privately speculated.

Bill Gates see a memo describing this crazy phenomenon, it will be shocked; it is a ghost reproduction that has been tapping his shoulder in the past. 20 years ago, Gats had tried to drive the ghost of this free software.

In 1976, Gats issued a so-called "Open Letter to Hobbyist) for the first generation of personal computer MITS Altair, proved to be counterproductive. Gatz and Microsoft another founder Allen's Basic language program written in this basic model, which is quite successful in its limited memory. Gates will write a public letter, which is to condemn the behavior of the software copyright. I don't know that many users think that this is one of the long traditions of the computer world sharing effective tool.

Gatz's macro in this slamming software, angered "is familiar with most players, most of your software is stolen. Hardware should pay, but software is shared. Who Is it rewarded by the R & D? "He said, this infringement of copyright behavior is hindering" excellent software writing ". Finally, he asked in an exaggerated, "Who is a professional study, who has been? Is there any player spent three years (one year of workload) to design, find various mistakes, log in to their own products, then circulate ? "

When Gatz is written, it may be considered an unferred argument. However, the Halloween memo written by their own engineers, but the truth of the fake facts: the exterior players have thousands of people, Not a person. They put in a total of thousands of people in program design, find 疵, login products, and then circulate, regardless of Microsoft and other software operators as the Bible, and they are self-purity 20 years to protect the source of the roof. length.

From It seems that the open source movement does not have a bigger dream of the Gates thousands of times. Not just a few players in the "stealing", but there is a group of united groups to write first-class source code, then publicize the same. Since their behavior does not "hinder the fine software writing", so that the foundation of the Microsoft Empire: Since you can write and circulate good software, who is also Microsoft companies? The emergence of Halloween Documents> The fundamental problem is prejudice to the company's most back. In 1998, the anti-Trust lawsuit composed in the US Department of Justice, the first time made Microsoft's invincible momentum. This lawsuit means that people have begun to think about the possibility of the computer industry from being dominated by the Redmond's large factory, even if this is only theoretical consideration.

Microsoft's major corporate products are again three-priced, and they will be delayed after delivery, and they are not possible. This product is originally called Windows NT 5, Halloween Document> When leaked, it is just when it is called the window 2000. If the window NT 5 can be advent from 1998, each company will undoubtedly adopt, innocently considering replacement products; however, delayed delivery plus anti-Torres lawsuit, the empty window formed allows other products to be organically multiplied.

Not only that, in the anti-Trudor trial and the window 2000 have major technical deletions, the Microsoft public relations image is too bad, and six solve the most important senior supervisor of these issues, the loss can be described as unprecedented. In the case of the municipality of the Ministry of Line, it will not be able to make the lawsuit of the Ministry of Justice, in the bad video testimony, a high-tech big priest is unlucky. The image is walked.

Confirmation, in the most successful example of the open source concept, the core Linux allowed to be a neutral warp: "Linux industry has been successfully configured in an important business environment, countless, "Vinod Vallo Pillil, one of the memorandum, points that it also constitutes the center of gravity of the free software, directly challenging Microsoft core product line, especially the problematic window 2000.

The Linux is developed from the 21-year-old Finnish student Tobova, which includes source code, which means that the software blueprint is scheduled. He is well known in the circle, not only the genius leader of open source sports, but also the idol of the city. Although the Software Development Methodology is important, it is extremely complex, it may be colded by the mass dissemination of the media, which is a young man who is politely and red. Just as open source and Microsoft, the style of Tobovo is also very different from Gatz. In addition, Tobova is also very similar to the image of an open source athlete tradition.

These people who are self-sufficiency (do not confuse the malicious hipster who invades the computer system), often being ugly into a poorly adaptable young man, due to the lack of socialist wrist and marginalization, and engage in hackers. But our hacker master Tobath, not only washing regularly, and a short hair in a long time, the dress is neat, and there is a decent work, it has become a family and has been a father.

These people turned the open source into the power of a Pei Ran today, which is the best symbol of the new generation hacker. When there is a new product in the 60 and 1970s, there is a group that there is a group that it should share the software, and it is possible to people with Muqiang. Their inherited is this year's hacker culture, and this is Bill Gates Morality of painfulness in

As a result, open source exercise is not only challenged to Microsoft and the entire software industry, and it is especially true. Internet access is close to the core of the modern world, and it is inevitable to be free driver, and the value of this type is created. Open, share and cooperation, the basic principles, gradually encompacted one, two high-tech industrial thresholds, now, many people think that in today's Microsoft era, the power combination of Internet and open source is very likely. A common style.