Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
Linus Torvalds
Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary - Harper business 2002 - xxii, 262p.
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.
9780066620732
Torvalds, Linus, -- 1969- Linux. Computer programmers -- Finland -- Biography.
005.1092 TOR-J
Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary - Harper business 2002 - xxii, 262p.
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.
9780066620732
Torvalds, Linus, -- 1969- Linux. Computer programmers -- Finland -- Biography.
005.1092 TOR-J