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The day that changed the way we see software (1983)
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Re: The day that changed the way we see software (1983)
#12Looking back, this is probably one of the most important initiatives in the last 30 years, though I don't usually like Stallman. I've personally found more utility in the BSD and MIT licenses, but the GNU initiative really spawned the free software movement as a whole. It's interesting to think where we would be today if Linux and the GNU userland tools were never created. Would it have been possible to build somethi…
Stallman made free Emacs, then free GCC. He hasn't managed to make the widely usable free kernel at the time, but he prepared everything but that, which made possible for GNU licensed Linux kernel to become the part of the whole free system. It's an immense feat.
Some other important dates:
March 1985 -- The GNU Manifesto http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html
22 Mar 87 -- first release of GCC http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/History
Re: The day that changed the way we see software (1983)
#13For the two most important dates in the history of software, I nominate:
September 26th 1983 : Faulty Soviet software almost ends the world.
September 27th 1983 : Gnu Project announced.
Re: The day that changed the way we see software (1983)
#14He was referring to GNU/Hurd, of course..
And then his plans switched to GNU/Linux, which had much more success. What's the point of talking about this?
Re: The day that changed the way we see software (1983)
#15"After this we will add [...] an Empire game" Interesting - any idea how popular that game still is? Most popular version seems to be from http://www.wolfpackempire.com/ ? I remember finding that site years ago, but it seemed too complicated to get into back then. In this 15 minute guide it sounds more comprehensible: http://www.toger.us/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage... Too bad it seems to require a lot of mic…
It basically looks like the precursor to Civilization and friends.