[CLUE-Talk] "Revolution OS" documentary

[David Willson]

Did anyone see it?  Did it suck?  Where can I buy the DVD?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynn Danielson" <lynn.danielson at clue.denver.co.us>
To: <clue-talk at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 7:04 PM
Subject: [CLUE-Talk] "Revolution OS" documentary


> The Denver Film Society will be presenting "Revolution OS" tomorrow
> afternoon, Saturday, Oct. 20th, at 3:30 pm at the Starz Film Center.
> The theater is located on the Auraria campus at the Tivoli.  
> 
> Below is a short description from the Denver Film Society's website.
> Tickets may be ordered on-line.
> 
> http://www.denverfilm.org/revolutionos.html
> 
> "Anyone who picks up a newspaper or watches the news on TV knows
> that software giant Microsoft is facing legal problems because of
> accusations that its business practices are monopolistic. Anyone
> who's ever used a PC has at one time or another been frustrated by
> Microsoft Windows and other software products. Revolution OS looks
> at the "anti-Microsoft," the open source software movement, techies
> who want software to be freely available to anyone who needs it, 
> with no (or very little) consideration for profit. As director JTS 
> Moore says, "at its core, the open source movement is about hundreds
> of thousands of hackers and programmers around the world trying to
> throw off the yoke of the most powerful corporation on Earth." The
> film traces history of the movement through interviews with some of
> its key figure, including Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux 
> operating system. It also explores the culture of the open source
> software community with clips from various events, including 
> "Installfest" parties, where people bring their computers to get
> free Linux tech support, and "Refund Day" protests, where users 
> demand reimbursement of fees added to the price of their computers
> for pre-installed Microsoft applications. As entertaining for
> "newbies" as for the computer-obsessed personalities it profiles,
> this documentary about the high-tech was, ironically, shot on 35-mm
> film rather than digital video because Moore feels that "despite the
> delusional hype of the digital video community," film is still a 
> superior medium."
> 
> 
> I hope to see some of you there.  --Lynn
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