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- catalog abstract ""Why would Microsoft executives lie awake at night worrying about the antics of a long-haired, renegade hacker named Richard Stallman? Why do some of the smartest programmers on the planet revere this man as "St. Ignucius"? And how did a stubborn, precocious boy obsessed with creating the perfect model rocket grow up to play David to the software industry's Goliath?" "Free as in Freedom traces this eccentric genius's evolution from gifted, solitary child to teen outcast to revered and reviled crusader. Through extensive interviews with Stallman, his family, fellow hackers, and tech-industry heavyweights, author Sam Williams crafts a portrait of a freedom fighter who has, in fact, changed the world."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12711521.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Why would Microsoft executives lie awake at night worrying about the antics of a long-haired, renegade hacker named Richard Stallman? Why do some of the smartest programmers on the planet revere this man as "St. Ignucius"? And how did a stubborn, precocious boy obsessed with creating the perfect model rocket grow up to play David to the software industry's Goliath?" "Free as in Freedom traces this eccentric genius's evolution from gifted, solitary child to teen outcast to revered and reviled crusader. Through extensive interviews with Stallman, his family, fellow hackers, and tech-industry heavyweights, author Sam Williams crafts a portrait of a freedom fighter who has, in fact, changed the world."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "For want of a printer -- 2001 : a hacker's odyssey -- A portrait of the hacker as a young man -- Impeach God -- Small puddle of freedom -- The Emacs Commune -- A stark moral choice -- St. Ignucius -- The GNU general public license -- GNU/Linux -- Open source -- A brief journey through hacker hell -- Continuing the fight -- Epilogue : crushing loneliness.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 225 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0596002874".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Sebastopol, Calif. : Farnham : O'Reilly,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "Computer hackers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Computer programmers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Free Software Foundation (Cambridge, Mass.)".
- catalog subject "Hackers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Open source software.".
- catalog subject "QA76.2.S73 W55 2002".
- catalog subject "Stallman, Richard.".
- catalog tableOfContents "For want of a printer -- 2001 : a hacker's odyssey -- A portrait of the hacker as a young man -- Impeach God -- Small puddle of freedom -- The Emacs Commune -- A stark moral choice -- St. Ignucius -- The GNU general public license -- GNU/Linux -- Open source -- A brief journey through hacker hell -- Continuing the fight -- Epilogue : crushing loneliness.".
- catalog title "Free as in freedom : Richard Stallman's crusade for free software / Sam Williams.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".