Revolution OS

Revolution OS
by J.T.S. Moore

List Price: ~~$29.99~~
Our Price: $20.12
You Save: $9.87 (33%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $17.49 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details

Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada

DVD details

Actor: Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Larry Augustin, Linus Torvalds, Richard M. Stallman
Director: J.T.S. Moore
Brand: MOORE,J.T.S.
Narrator: Bruce Perens
Cinematographer: J.T.S. Moore
Editor: J.T.S. Moore
Producer: J.T.S. Moore
Writer: J.T.S. Moore
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Wonderview Productions

DVD Reviews of Revolution OS

DVD Review: Understanding the open source phenomenon
Summary: 4 Stars

Provides an excellent foundation for understanding the disruptive open source technology phenomenon, its cultural and community roots, and business models in the pursuit of freedom, innovation and renewed competition in a monopoly market.

DVD Review: What a great movie
Summary: 4 Stars

This movies truly show you what is behind Microsoft, Linux and the open source community. I really recommend everyone in the IT field to watch it. No one should miss such a great movie

DVD Review: Great background material to OSS
Summary: 5 Stars

The 2 DVD's in this set contains a great collection of interviews giving background to the Open Software movement.

Basic introductory level material for the person wanting to know more about the history.

DVD Review: Not Definitive, But Worthwhile
Summary: 4 Stars

Revolution OS is a reasonably-accurate snapshot of the Open Source movement at a particular moment in time. It presents some of the major participants and their philosophies and stories, focusing on the breakthrough to public awareness and commercial acceptance of Open Source software in general and the Linux operating system in particular. The differences between the Free Software ethos and the marketing-friendly Open Source approach is also explored in some depth. Many other aspects of the Free Software, Open Source, and Linux stories get only cursory treatment, and therefore the documentary is neither balanced nor good evangelism. While this is regrettable, the interested viewer can follow up by reading the books and essays available from many of the people profiled, including Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, and Eric Raymond.

There's still plenty of room for a more definitive documentary, but Mr. Moore should get credit for being the first to give the public at large a glimpse of some of the people behind the Open Source phenomenon. Even those who will, like me, learn nothing new from this film will enjoy the chance to see and hear people who have had a profound impact on their life but who they have only "met" online.

DVD Review: A wonderful compilation
Summary: 5 Stars

A wonderful documentary about the GNU movement and birth of Linux. Some hard to find interviews and recordings of some key events. The documentary has been very well prepared, with all necessary details in place.
I read Eric Raymond's Cathedral and the Bazaar straight after the book, which led me to rethink my business model. I would recommend it to all young entrepreneurs.

Description of Revolution OS

REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers and computer programmers who rebelled against Microsoft and the idea of proprietary software to create GNU, Linux, and the Open Source movement. Shot on location in Silicon Valley on 35mm film and in widescreen, REVOLUTION OS captures an offbeat group of characters who are three-parts libertarian, two-parts communist, and one-part bad garage band.

General DVDs

DVD Video

Bestsellers in General DVDs

The Office - Season Five
UNI DIST CORP. (MCA); Release date: 2009-09-08; DVD
Best price: $22.39
Price in other shops: ~~$59.98~~

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Special Edition)
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2008-09-30; DVD
Best price: $9.48
Price in other shops: ~~$19.96~~

Spaceballs
MGM HOME VIDEO (UNDER FOX); Release date: 2000-04-25; DVD
Best price: $3.42
Price in other shops: ~~$14.98~~

The Ugly Truth (Widescreen Edition)
SONY PICTURES HOME ENT; Release date: 2009-11-10; DVD
Best price: $13.49
Price in other shops: ~~$28.96~~

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Its A Very Sunny Christmas
TCFHE; Release date: 2009-11-17; DVD
Best price: $13.65
Price in other shops: ~~$26.98~~

Blazing Saddles (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2004-06-29; DVD
Best price: $4.29
Price in other shops: ~~$12.98~~

The Proposal (Single Disc Widescreen)
BUENA VISTA HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2009-10-13; DVD
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

Cars [Blu-ray]
Buena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2007-11-06; DVD
Best price: $12.45
Price in other shops: ~~$34.99~~

Four Christmases
NEW LINE HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2009-11-24; DVD
Best price: $12.66
Price in other shops: ~~$28.98~~

Julie & Julia
Release date: 2009-12-08; DVD
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops: ~~$28.96~~

Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
by Steven Levy, Steven Levy
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2001-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.98
Price in other shops: ~~$16.00~~

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
by Linus Torvalds, David Diamond
Harper Paperbacks; Published: 2002-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.63
Price in other shops: ~~$14.95~~

Track Down
Buena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2004-09-28; DVD
Best price: $6.19
Price in other shops: ~~$14.99~~

Biography - The Google Boys
A&E HOME ENT.; Release date: 2006-12-19; DVD
Best price: $6.97
Price in other shops: ~~$24.95~~

Hackers Are People Too
Release date: 2008-08-08; DVD
Best price: $10.00
Price in other shops: ~~$13.37~~

Modern Marvels - The Creation of the Computer (History Channel)
A&E; Release date: 2005-12-27; DVD
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops: ~~$24.95~~