Completion status: this resource is ~50% complete.
Type classification: this is a lesson resource.
Educational level: this is a tertiary (university) resource.

Birth of Linux

edit

This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Topics

edit
  • Andrew Tanenbaum created a classroom version of Unix, called Minix to teach his students
  • Linus Torvalds, a student at that time, improved it and called it Freax[1].
  • An ISP operator in Germany store it so that more can access it and called it Linux.
  • Linux became very successful and Linus was shot to fame[2]. Today Linux is growing too fast[3]. However Prof Tanenbaum has issues with how Linux is been hailed.

Discussion

edit
  • Go through and discuss the debate here[4].
  • What are the basic points of contention between them?
  • How has others commercialise Linux?
  • How would you capitalise on Linux?
  • What are the famous mantras of Linus and what do they mean in Open Source development?

Activities

edit
  • Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
  • Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
  • Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.

References

edit
  1. http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/f/freax.htm
  2. https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rhasan/linux/
  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2SED6sewRw&feature=channel
  4. http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/appa.html
edit

(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)

edit

(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)

Sub-Pages

edit

(Done in wikiversity as course material by the students under the guidance of the tutor)

Course Navigation

edit

Next - Bazaar Culture and Policy >> The Web Economy/12