"This is the definitive reference book for any serious or professional UNIX systems programmer. Rago has updated and extended the original Stevens classic while keeping true to the original." --Andrew Josey, Director, Certification, The Open Group, and Chair of the POSIX 1003.1 Working Group The same trusted content from the Second Edition, now in paperback! For over a decade, serious C ...

The author examines issues such as the rightness of web-based applications, the programming language renaissance, spam filtering, the Open Source Movement, Internet startups and more. He also tells important stories about the kinds of people behind technical innovations, revealing their character and their craft.

A detailed guide to TCP/IP protocol suite. Rather than just describing what the RFCs say the protocol suite should do, it uses a diagnostic tool so you may actually watch the protocols in action. It presents the structure and function of TCP/IP from the link layer up through the network, transport, and application layers.

A chronicle of the open source movement and its impact on computing, business, and culture. Rebel Code provides a from-the-trenches perspective and looks ahead to how open source is challenging long-held conceptions of technology, commerce, and culture.

This volume contains the essays, originally published online, that led to Netscape's decision to release their browser as open source, and helped Linux to rock the world of commercial software.

This text answers fundamental questions about life in the information age. In the original meaning of the word, "hackers" are enthusiastic computer programmers who share their work with others. In this book, the authors show how hackers represent a new opposing ethos for the information age.