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Frank Zappa's Influence on Linux
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| And all this Zappa stuff has what,
| exactly, to do with Linux? Zappa may have
| been as much of an influence on Linux and
| FOSS development as LSD was on Apple,
| although the Zappa influence on Linux
| isn't thought about as much as the Apple-
| counterculture connection.
|
| An awful lot of people were responsible
| for the early growth of GNU/Linux and
| Free and Open Source Software, most of
| whom were not famous like Linus Torvalds
| or Richard M. Stallman. One of them, Clay
| Claiborne of Cosmos Engineering, was the
| first person to sell Linux pre-loaded on
| a hard drive. This may not sound like a
| big deal now, in 2010, but back in the
| dial-up 1990s, when most Linux distros
| came on stacks of floppies, this was a
| major step forward for GNU/Linux
| usability.
|
| Was Clay influenced by Zappa? "Of course,"
| he says.
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http://blog.devx.com/2010/06/frank-zappas-influence-on-linu-1.html
Recent:
Jay-Z's Favorite New Rapper: Free Music Is The Future
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| But, Olubowale Victor Folarin, who goes by the name Wale (pronounced wah-lay)
| understands the importance of "free" within a business model. After all...
| it's how he got discovered:
|
| Initially, he gained attention by making mix tapes available for free on
| the internet. Immediately they caught the eye and ear of musical magpie
| and producer Mark Ronson.
|
| But, wait... wasn't the RIAA telling us that mixtape makers were criminals
| who needed to be thrown in jail while having their homes raided by SWAT
| teams? Looks like Wale understands the lessons of free music:
|
| "Free music is the way for the future. To get your music off the ground
| you've got to give it away for free at first."
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090819/1117485928.shtml
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