Software Advances

Year: 1991Advance: LinuxIndividual/Company: Linus TorvaldsSummary: Linux is an open source Operating System which provides powerful UNIX based tools with an easy(er) interface, compared to UNIX, for the home user.Reason for inclusion: Linux is the success story of the open source movement. It has spawned many distributions such as Mandrake, Red-Hat and many other versions. It has also recently become a competitor for Windows and other OS’s. I have included this at no.8 as I feel that its influence will only be ...