The Web Economy/11

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Birth of Linux

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

• 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.
• 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. Today Linux is growing too fast. However Prof Tanenbaum has issues with how Linux is been hailed.

Discussion

• Go through and discuss the debate here.
• 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

• 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.

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Sub-Pages

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