Revolution OS

Revolution OS is a 2001 documentary which traces the history of GNU, Linux, Free Software and the Open Source movement. It features several interviews with prominent people, including Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Larry Augustin, Eric S. Raymond, Bruce Perens, Frank Hecker and Brian Behlendorf. It was directed by J.T.S. Moore.

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Any comments, suggestions and bug reports
regarding the subtitle.
E-mail to: geek@geekbone.org

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I was at Agenda 2000

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and uh, one of the people who was there
was Craig Mundie,

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who is some kind of
high mucky muck at Microsoft,

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I think uh, vice-president of consumer products
or something like that.

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And uh, I hadn't actually met him

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I, I, I, uh, bumped in to him in an,
in an elevator... in an elevator

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And uh, I looked at his badge and said,
"Oh, I see you work for Microsoft."

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And he looked back to me and said,
"Oh, yeah and what do you do?"

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And I thought he seemed just a sort of a tad dismissive

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I mean, here's the archetypal, you know,
guy in a suit

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looking at a scruffy hacker

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And so I gave him the thousand
yard stare and said,

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"I'm your worst nightmare."

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Wonderview Productions
PRESENTS

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A
J.T.S. Moore
FILM

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REVOLUTION OS

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For most its short, but colorful history,

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the computer industry has been dominated

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by the Windows operating system.

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But that could soon change,

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as Windows faces a strong challenge from Linux

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Silicon Valley has long been the place

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to develop new technology,

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start new companies and get really rich.

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Now The Valley is the front line in a revolution

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fighting for that most
politically incorrect of ideas:

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individual freedom

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Day and night,
a loose confederation of

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hackers and programmers zaps bits pieces of

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computer code around the world as it builds the tools

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