Plot Summary:While Microsoft may be the biggest software company in the world, not every computer user is a fan of their products, or their way of doing business. While Microsoft's Windows became the most widely used operating system for personal computers in the world, many experts took issue with Microsoft's strict policies regarding licensing, ownership, distribution, and alteration of their software. The objections of many high-profile technology experts, most notably Richard Stallman, led to what has become known as "the Open Source Movement," which is centered on the belief that computer software should be free both in the economic and intellectual senses of the word. Eventually, one of Stallman's admirers, Linus Torvalds, created a new operating system called Linux, a freely distributed software which many programmers consider to be markedly superior to Windows. Revolution OS is a documentary that examines the genesis of the Open Source Movement, and explores and explains the technical and intellectual issues involved in a manner understandable to computer aficionados and non-techheads alike.
時雨 • 一个CS本科生的影评
1.片子很好 2.谈谈自己对自由软件，专有商业软件的理解： 对于电影里面的大神，我是崇拜的五体投地的，但是，软件是不是有必要上升到信仰的高度和我们把软件的理解上升到了什么高度？ 软件是否能上升到个人...静听岁月 • 自由软件与苏联共产主义没有半毛钱相似
纪录片的采访中曾经提到过苏联共产主义，并将自由软件运动与苏维埃进行类比，其实，它们是有区别的，而且是本质的区别。 两者的价值观的立足点完全不同，共产主义建立在集体主义的价值观之上，它否定个人的权利，....nash635 • 强烈推荐这部电影以及他的姊妹篇《code》
与其说是电影，倒不如说这是一部纪录片，其中记录了Linux的创建人Linus Torvalds以及Richard Stallman, Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond...Fenng • 操作系统的革命(Revolution OS)
Revolution OS, 枯燥而有趣的一部电影。 虽说这片子从头到尾几乎都是对众多顶级黑客的采访，但仔细看下来倒真的找到了很多以前不为注意的一些关于自由软件运动 / 开源软件运动的一些被忽略的细...