After the Software Wars
Encyclopedia
After the Software Wars is a book by Keith Curtis
about free software
and its importance in the computing industry, specifically about its impact on Microsoft
and the proprietary software
development model.
The book elaborated the powers of mass collaboration and possibilities of reaching up to a singular rationale showing successful collaborative examples in open source such as Linux
and Wikipedia
. Now it is being converted in to a documentary film also that is named 'Software Wars'. Open Knowledge Campus of World Wide Web has included it in its core curriculum.
The author's site contains a list of sites from where the book can be downloaded.
Keith Curtis
Keith Cary Curtis is the core collaborator at Open Source Council, who wrote a book After the Software Wars and now making a film Software Wars about inevitable global dominance of Linux Kernel...
about free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
and its importance in the computing industry, specifically about its impact on Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
and the proprietary software
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
development model.
The book elaborated the powers of mass collaboration and possibilities of reaching up to a singular rationale showing successful collaborative examples in open source such as Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
and Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
. Now it is being converted in to a documentary film also that is named 'Software Wars'. Open Knowledge Campus of World Wide Web has included it in its core curriculum.
The author's site contains a list of sites from where the book can be downloaded.
External links
- After the Software Wars — Author's site.
- After the Software Wars on Amazon.comAmazon.comAmazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
- New York Times: A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source
- Seattle Times: Former Microsoftie publishes book calling open source the future of software
- CIO.com: Ex-Microsoftie: Free Software Will Kill Redmond
- Techflash.com: Linux is the future, even after Windows 7 release
- Winsupersite.com: After the Software Wars: An Interview with Keith Curtis
- Author's Profile: Keith Curtis