Movie Night at TLUG?

teddymills teddymills-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Tue Feb 27 02:46:15 UTC 2007


I have a good quality .avi of the RevolutionOS.
I was going to install this on a KnoppMyth box at Linuxcaffe. (we are 
waiting for a PIII)

/teddy









phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> How about this for a TLUG meeting? We could each throw a couple of bucks
> into the pot, buy the DVD, and then show it at a meeting.
>
> The wikipedia entry is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_os.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> REVOLUTION OS is now on DVD
>
> REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against
> the proprietary software model and Microsoft to create GNU/Linux and the
> Open Source movement.
>
> On June 1, 2001, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said "Linux is a cancer that
> attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it
> touches."
>
> Microsoft fears GNU/Linux, and rightly so. GNU/Linux and the Open Source &
> Free Software movements arguably represent the greatest threat to
> Microsoft's way of life. Shot in cinemascope on 35mm film in Silicon
> Valley, REVOLUTION OS tracks down the key movers and shakers behind Linux,
> and finds out how and why Linux became such a potent threat.
>
> REVOLUTION OS features interviews with Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman,
> Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Brian Behlendorf, Michael Tiemann, Larry
> Augustin, Frank Hecker, and Rob Malda. To view the trailer or the first
> eight minutes go to the ifilm website for REVOLUTION OS.
>
> Companies such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Oracle, Wipro, Ogilvy & Mather,
> OSTG, and Dreamworks Animation have rented REVOLUTON OS for private
> theatrical screenings. It has also screened in numerous film festivals
> including South By Southwest Film Festival, the Atlanta Film & Video
> Festival, Boston Film Festival, and Denver International Film Festival.
> REVOLUTION OS won Best Documentary at both the Savannah Film & Video
> Festival and the Kudzu Film Festival.
>
> REVOLUTION OS is available in the 35 mm motion picture format and runs 85
> minutes.
>
>   

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