Hackers rule.

Comments on the quality of software which is developed by volunteers and given away. Computer software developers' protest against the payment of dues to Microsoft; Success of Linux as an example of software developed by a loose fraternity of volunteers rather than a firm's in-house programmers; Re...

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Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Economist Vol. 350; no. 8107; pp. 63 - 65
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 2/20/1999
Subjects:	Computer software development Microsoft Corp. Volunteers Computer operating systems Computer programmers
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost