"Revolution OS" (The Movie).

[Scott]

Somehow this movie[1] had escaped my radar till a few months ago.  But 
geek that I am, I bought it shortly thereafter.   I just got around to 
watching it a few weeks ago.  It was a very interesting and enlightening 
movie.  In many cases I didn't learn much that I didn't already know, 
but I've never seen any of the "personalities" interviewed till now.

	1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_OS

I'd seen some brief clips of Linus Torvalds over the years but nothing 
as lengthy as what was in the movie.  What was most refreshing is that 
he's so seemingly NORMAL.

He doesn't have long hair. He keeps a neat appearance. He's got a wife 
and kids and yet he's STILL a geek.

He didn't go on about Star Trek and anime.  And he didn't act as if he'd 
been discharged from the state psychiatric hospital a few weeks back.

Bruce Perens seemed *relatively* normal, although I'm not sure what is 
(was) wrong with him.  He had some sort of constant tic/twitch and/or 
speech impediment, but nothing anyone could be critical of.

And then there's.....

RMS[2].

How can one man be so good *AND* bad for the free software community?
The problem is, as time wears on it's only going to get worse.

	2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman

It's really too bad, because obviously he's brilliant. But oh man.... 
And the movie only tells part of the story.  Google him and it gets 
entertaining.

And what I find amusing is how pissed he is over the fact that he's 
"forgotten" and Linus gets all the glory.  Well it might be that Linus 
is much closer to *normal* and therefore approachable.

If RMS could find a good therapist and a good barber who knows what the 
future might bring....

But I digress....

Back to the movie.....

Overall I found it very excellent and informative and was quite 
surprised that it was narrated by Susan Egan (a Broadway theatre 
actress).  I'm somewhat into theatre and recognized her name instantly.

But we could have done without their "GNU/Stallmans" "video" though. 
They were awful and that so called "song" was even worse (but then it 
was written by RMS....).

Interesting stuff though. A lot of history that I was and was not aware 
of.  A must see for any geek.


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	Scott
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