Just for Fun
The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
Torvalds, Linus
Diamond, David
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BOOK SUMMARY
Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet -- for free. Today Tor
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet -- for free. Today Torvalds is an international folk hero. And his creation LINUX is used by over 12 million people as well as by companies such as IBM.
Now, in a narrative that zips along with the speed of e-mail, Torvalds gives a history of his renegade software while candidly revealing the quirky mind of a genius. The result is an engrossing portrayal of a man with a revolutionary vision, who challenges our values and may change our world.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0066620732
Copyright: 2002
Dewey Decimal: 005.1/092
Library of Congress: 00054199
Book Publisher: Harpercollins
Language: ENG
Paper Weight (lb): 0.8
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