On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 15:57 +1000, Jason King wrote: > On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:59 am, Glen Turner wrote: > > Peter Miller wrote: > > > I was rolling stuff around in my mind, and while we are speaking > > > Russian, what about "samizdat"? It is an interesting parallel with Free > > > Software, with less political baggage (these days). The literal meaning > > > is "self published" (which is what many of us do) but the whole > > > counter-culture thing (free insert-noun-here activities) fits pretty > > > well. > > > > Samizdat is also the title of a anti-Linux tract :-) > > http://adti.net/samizdat/samizdat.updates.html > is the best link to it that I could find. > > http://adti.net/samizdat/samizdat.updates.html > contains more information about the book. > > I remember that one. The author claimed that Linus ripped off Minix to build Linux. It was proved to be a shill document before it had even reached the presses. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air A LocalFOSS Production http://www.localfoss.org irc: #localfoss on irc.freenode.net
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