Linux for Small Business Owners: Using Free and Open Source Software to Power Your Dreams

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D. Both, C. BulkaLinux for Small Business Ownershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8264-9_2

2. A Bit of History – Becoming Linux

David Both¹   and Cyndi Bulka¹

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Raleigh, NC, USA

 

Objectives

After reading this chapter, you will learn

• Why a bit of history is important to your business.

• Why Windows is a closed operating system and a bit about what that means.

• A little about The Linux Philosophy.

• What it all means to you as a small business owner.

Introduction

This chapter is a brief study of how a philosophy can have a profound effect upon the software written by developers subject to its thrall.

We look at the philosophy that guided the development of Windows and how ...