History rhyming in the kernel community and beyond
Jonathan Corbet
http://lca2018.linux.org.au/schedule/...
"History never repeats itself, but it often rhymes" goes a quote often attributed to Mark Twain. In this talk, Jonathan Corbet brings over 35 years of experience in the free-software development community to bear on the questions of how we got to where we are, and where we may be headed in the future. We set out to change the world, and we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams. So why are we not happier with what we got, and what does the past tell us about how we should be building a better future?
This talk was given at Linux.conf.au 2018 (LCA2018) which was held on 22-26 January 2018 in Sydney Australia.
linux.conf.au is a conference about the Linux operating system, and all aspects of the thriving ecosystem of Free and Open Source Software that has grown up around it. Run since 1999, in a different Australian or New Zealand city each year, by a team of local volunteers, LCA invites more than 500 people to learn from the people who shape the future of Open Source. For more information on the conference see https://linux.conf.au/
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