A review by nimgimli
Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution by Glyn Moody

2.0

It feels a little unfair to review a book like this so long after it was written, given that I know what has happened in the years since. That said, it feels really dated today. The first half is a fun recap of how Linux and the open-source movement came into being, but as others have noted, the second half is much less interesting. It's more breathless enthusiasm for various companies that embraced, or were built on, open source, coupled with the author taking every opportunity to knock Microsoft (back when he was writing MS was still the evil empire, after all).

All in all, more objectivity might have helped, but a book like this which spends a lot of time predicting the future is never going to hold up well over time.