When I started watching this documentary, I wasn’t quite sure what it was all about, I just knew it had to be done for the Open Source class but once I loaded the URL into the browser and clicked the play button, I was actually hooked into the video. It started off very nicely with giving us an idea of what Linux is all about and how it stands out from Microsoft and how the Communist revolution finally hit the software development and internet world and what impact did it had on the computer user’s lives. It is very informative for people that are getting started with Linux as in OS and want to learn more about Open Source development.
It was a very well constructed documentary and the bit about Eric Raymond telling one of the Microsoft's Vice President about how he is the their worst nightmare was quite amusing and very true at the same time. Interesting part is that Linux has been growing ever since it hit the computer market and people’s conscious. The video reported that there exist 12 million Linux users at the time but now that number has grown up to 29 million users. That is a huge progressive leap for Linux in last couple of years. All in all, it would have been nice to see more information about different distributors of Linux and where they were heading and what happened to most of them.
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