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1、FreeasinFreedomRichardStallman'sCrusadeforFreeSoftwareBySamWilliamsMarch20020-596-00287-4,OrderNumber:2874240pages,$22.95US$34.95CAFromLibraryJournalIn1984,RichardStallmanlaunchedtheGNUProjectforthepurposeofdevelopingacompleteUNIX-likeoperatingsystemthatwouldal
2、lowforfreesoftwareuse.WhathedevelopedwastheGNUoperatingsystem.(GNUisarecursiveacronymfor"GNU'sNotUNIX,''anditispronouncedguh-NEW.LinuxisavariantoftheGNUoperatingsystem.)ThisbiographytracestheevolutionofStallman'seccentricgeniusfromgiftedchildtoteenoutcasttopass
3、ionatecrusaderforfreesoftware.ToStallman,freesoftwareismorallyvital,andforthepasttwodecadeshehasdevotedhislifetoeradicatingproprietarysourcecodesfromtheworld.SavvyprogrammersrevereStallman;BillGatesrevileshim.MuchofthefascinationwithStallmanliesinhismessianicze
4、al,whichWilliams,afreelancewriterspecializinginhigh-techculture,hasattemptedtocapturehere,drawingonanumberofinterviewswiththeunconventionalStallman,hisassociates,fans,andcritics.Theresultisanesotericandunevenworkwhoseaudiencewilllikelybelimitedtothearmyofprogra
5、mmersdrawntoStallman'sworthycause.Buyaccordingly.JoeAccardi,HarperColl.Lib.,Palatine,ILCopyright2002CahnersBusinessInformation,Inc.BookDescriptionFreeasinFreedominterweavesbiographicalsnapshotsofGNUprojectfounderRichardStallmanwiththepolitical,socialandeconomic
6、historyofthefreesoftwaremovement.Startingwithhowitallbegan--adesireforsoftwarecodefromXeroxtomaketheprintingmoreefficient--tothecontinuingquestforfreesoftwarethatexiststoday.ItisamovementwhichStallmanhasatturnsdefined,directedandmanipulatedwithaStalin-likeflair
7、,andthegoalofthebookistodocumenthowStallman'sownpersonalevolutionhasdonemuchtoshapenotionsofwhatfreesoftwareisandshouldbe.LikeAlanGreenspaninthefinancialsector,Stallmanhasassumedtheroleoftribalelderinacommunitythatbillsitselfasanarchicandimmunetocentralauthorit
8、y.FreeasinFreedomlooksathowthelatesttwistsandturnsinthesoftwaremarketplacehavedonelittletothrowStallmanoffhispedestal.DiscoverhowRichard'schildhoodandteenageexperiencesaswel
