True Films 3.0 - Kevin Kelly

Revolution OS
Two themes that normally don’t intersect in true films come together
surprisingly well in this simple documentary: history and the last five
minutes. Revolution OS explores the significance of trendy open-source
software by going deep into its short history, acting as if open-source
technology was a world-changing event of such magnitude that everyone
will someday demand to know how it began. Which they probably will.
Here is the film they will show later this century. The stress is on the
political, not the technical. No drama, either; just clean geek history of a
big idea when it started out small.
By J.T.S. Moore
2002, 86 min.
Available from Amazon
Rent from Netflix
Software for the earliest commercial computers
(above) was passed around on paper tapes. The
business of software is so huge now, guys in funny
hats try to sell it (right). The pioneering founder of
free software politics, Richard Stallman (below).
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