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Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

slaker writes "Salon.com has a review of Bob Young's new book "Under the Radar", as well as some commentary on the spectacle of developers versus business-types." Several interesting comments on the article. Hafta add the book to my TODO queue (course since its behind Snow Crash and The Diamond Age it might be awhile, what with my hours and hours of freetime)

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  1. nice if the links worked... by Mr.+Penguin · · Score: 4

    It sure would be nice if these links worked. Salon.com is found here.
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  2. Re:Big Ego or Delusions of Grandeur by Tet · · Score: 4
    In my eyes, he's just another greedy "Internet" millionaire making money on other people's work.

    As it happens, I don't think there's any of my code in Red Hat. But if there was, I would be happy that Bob Young and the rest of Red Hat became millionaires on the back of it. Unlike many of us, they actually got off their backsides and collected large quantities of the available free software, and put it together into a handy distribution. I guess you probably weren't around in the early days, when we used to have to download, compile and install everything ourselves. Why shouldn't they make money from saving us time and effort by collating stuff onto an easy-to-use CD? If your idea of free software is preventing people from making money from it, then your view is different to mine. Remember: free speech, not free beer.

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  3. Well written by scumdamn · · Score: 4

    Not a bad article. When companies like ZD* are writing hatchet jobs on anything and everything Linux, Salon is writing thoughtful pieces on the political and social aspects of Linux. Unlike ZD* articles, I will actually click a link that leads to a Salon Linux article, or any other interesting sounding Salon article.
    Salon Gets It(R). Not too many do.

  4. An appropriate review by ed_the_unready · · Score: 3

    I'm a few pages short of finishing "Under the Radar" and was considering submitting a Slashdot book review, but Mr. Leonard has already said it all. The book was painfully unfocused and managed to say very little to anyone who has even heard of Linux by now. Ah well, at least the title page says that the royalties are going to the FSF.

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