Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary by David Diamond, Linus Torvalds
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0066620732 | 288 Pages | PDF | 24.7 MB
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0066620732 | 288 Pages | PDF | 24.7 MB
Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet – for free. Today Torvalds is an international folk hero. And his creation Linux is used by over 12 million people as well as by companies such as IBM.
Now, in a narrative that zips along with the speed of e-mail, Torvalds gives a history of his renegade software while candidly revealing the quirky mind of a genius. The result is an engrossing portrayal of a man with a revolutionary vision, who challenges our values and may change our world.