Glad to see you're still fighting the good fight on this one, lproven. If anyone finds this interesting, Liam has three great fosdem lectures out introducing this topic from the perspective of business software dev, hardware tech, and open source. I found the first after reading The Unix-Haters Handbook, and as much as I like its style Proven's videos are broader and up-to-date, so much better for learning:
I also coincidentally found what might be the only good video about the Apple Newton on the internet today (although with the state of google search it's impossible to know outside of youtube). It makes a great supplement to the discussion of breaking the mold of OS conventions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kxRi34PqWo
The channel also has full interviews used in the dicumentary. I haven't seen the newest one, but it's two hours with a Mac and Newton architect so it's probably great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsaGx0loR3M
Oh, thank you! :-) That was a very pleasant Newtonmas surprise to read! :-D
Yes, the core of this article was adapted -- with my editors' full knowledge and agreement, of course -- from one of my FOSDEM talks. I plan to return with some more of the talk -- and some new stuff! -- in later pieces.
Sadly, the FOSDEM organisers did not accept my proposal for a talk this year. Ah well.
I started reading the article, and it was making so much sense that I scrolled back up to the top to see if you wrote it, and you did! So I came here to say I really love your work because you really get the big picture and do your research, but somebody beat me to it, dammit! After recently watching that depressing trending four hour youtube video about psychopathic plagiarizing charlatans, it's really refreshing and uplifting to read something original that's so well researched with great citations. I hope you don't get plagiarized too, but if you do, consider it the highest form of flattery.
The Circuit Less Traveled: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16309195
Generation Gaps; a heretical history of computing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22265615
Starting Over; a FOSS propisal for a new type of OS for a new type of computer: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26066762
I also coincidentally found what might be the only good video about the Apple Newton on the internet today (although with the state of google search it's impossible to know outside of youtube). It makes a great supplement to the discussion of breaking the mold of OS conventions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kxRi34PqWo
The channel also has full interviews used in the dicumentary. I haven't seen the newest one, but it's two hours with a Mac and Newton architect so it's probably great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsaGx0loR3M