About this title: This is the story of Linus Torvalds, the maverick Finnish computer genius who invented the powerful LINUX operating system. As well as being free, LINUX is more powerful and stable than anything that Microsoft can offer, thus making Torvalds Bill Gates' number one enemy. Today, LINUX is exploding on to the market, and its creator is household. Linus Torvalds is already a folk hero within the technolgy world, often mobbed at trade shows and forever asked to give interviews by the media. But Torvalds is a most unlikely celebrity: a family man, he lives in a cramped house in Santa Clara with his ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Date Published: 2002-06-01
ISBN-13:9780066620732ISBN:0066620732
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Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: HarperInformation, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780066620732ISBN:0066620732
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Date Published: 6/4/2002
ISBN-13:9780066620732ISBN:0066620732
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Collins Business
Date Published: 2002-06-01
ISBN-13:9780066620732ISBN:0066620732
Description: Like New. Excellent-condition NEVER-READ copy. May have small remainder mark. CHRISTMAS special! SUPER-FAST shipping! BUY EXTRA copies! EXPEDITED ship available. *Real-person* customer service. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: HarperInformation, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780066620732ISBN:0066620732
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780066620725ISBN:0066620724
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. STATED 1ST EDITION-CLEAN, TIGHT HARDCOVER IN FINE DUSTJACKET read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harperbusiness, New York, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780066620725ISBN:0066620724
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0066620724. Biography of the creator of Linux. Remainder mark. read more
Description: Torvalds. Linus & David Diamond., pub. by Harper Business, nd (2001), c2001, 1st Edition, illus. boards, fine w/dj, 262 pp w/index, tall 8vo, "The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary" read more
Edition: First Edition First Printing Stated
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: HarperInformation, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780066620725ISBN:0066620724
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 6" x 9 1/2" 262 Pages Indexed. Blue and white photgraphiclly illustrated glossy laminated boards. Dust jacket price $26.00 is unclipped. No defects noted and interior is flawless. Torvalds with writer David Diamond, chronicles his transformation from a pale, skinny Helsinki college kid to an internation fold hero. What began as a childhood soon became the astonishing phenomenon known as the Linus Operating System. Linux was created because Linus was curious to see ... read more
Edition: First Edition, Ex-Library
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780066620725ISBN:0066620724
Description: Very good. Very nice book! Glossy dust jacket, bright & clean pages. Library stamp on top edge and inside back cover. This is a story about the open source movement and the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds. A MUST HAVE FOR PROGRAMMING ENTHUSIASTS! read more
Description: Fine. 0066620724 Brand NEW Hardcover with beautiful Dust Jacket ~ FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING, full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, HarperCollins, 2001, slightest shelf wear possible, ~ We would ship within 24 Hours, reply to customer emails ASAP, accept returns and offer 100% satisfaction guarantee! read more
"An interesting and not very deep look at the development of the linux kernel and GNU/Linux operating system. Great intro to the man who created a free and viable alternative to the would-be monopolies of Microsoft and Apple."
"True to its title, this book was a fun read with a great sense of humor. It had a great balance of giving enough detail on Linux and open source etc. for it to be interesting and substantive but never so much that programmer speak overtook the interesting personal stories that Linus told (and which really gave this book its charm and humanity). Aside from one early section written totally in the second-person voice (which, I have to say, is incredibly annoying when done at length), I thought this book very readable and engaging and would highly recommend it for those who want to learn more about the history and development of the Linux operating system and open source models of development in general."
"I'm not a big biography reader, but a very thoughtful Secret Santa gave this to me one year at work, and I really appreciated it. It's a short, fun, read and gives you a good insight into one of the unseen forces behind many of the best things about our lives today."
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