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Show n'i" S' Z nr The parables of Davidand Goliath UiHl 3ri VV ygj1' '' w m irwimimv';;.---- fy 'r Y-. When David met Goliath on the battlegrounds of the. '. Philistines, a young man with no annor slew the huge Philistine with a poall rock. In tidys business world, a few special leaders are challenging the status quo, trying to slay . . V,' ; - bast-setBn- Itoriea." . . Wtaalnf I Buslnesi Plans ' - Shows von how to obtain grenia V . . . . low-co- at amVorfiMicholmNpi, and oover latter that wfl . i plus how and when to apply to Increase your chance ol acceptance. taniMM SUM. ;.. romnlata shin Iw ilrai system tor any liiwiy abe or type business. Cowan auarytfiing bom settinB startup goals to. . expansion capM MSMM8M MfppB. A - . Vf,,.; ; (HarperBusiness, $26, ISBN 0066620724; audio, $25.93, ISBN 0694S25391) u a jwn-t- y book About die early, dysfunctional days and brilliant (albeit still young) career of Linux developer Linus : Tbrvalds. Almost anyone who has beard of computers . has beaid of Linux, foe computer operating system that is die closest rival to Micro-Windows and, get this, ielree. NoConly free, but die. code used to adapt Linux for--. different situations it Widely available.," ; Linux cvm requires users to share inno- Vatkxis under its General Public . e ' : ' v ' k ' m, fiffiTr itfue i 4 Wi.' n ; .. : M':.. ;.h J ; V I "Finally, 5: iu' J - WfifBTL Sues of womea who have made war business, full of their hard-earnstories and their hardsnted advice." ed ' .h -- Haney Ivans, ratouoier. Mila rfbv vW4 :. somewhat radical procedures and explains foal Torvalds created Limix With an Open' Source philosophy, which he says illustrates "foe limitless benefits" of allowing anyone everyone to participate in a project's development or commercial exploitatioa The theory says proprietary notions of commerce are wrong. Instead, die strongest products will be developed when foe ; largest numbers (rf people are woridng bn product development." . Imagine it.-- . . an operating system (or a product) that gets' stronger and works, .better at time goes on. The description of Torvalds futuristic outlook and scientific philosophy is like a roller coaster ride inside 21st century mind Peppered with personal anecdotes about his kids and mu sings on die fine of Microsoft and others, , this book is a real kick, brilliant, bold and not to be missed Its a book about how David plans to slay Goliath, and tells him about it firsL. At the other aid of the '' spectrum. Privileged Son: Otis Chandler and foe Rise and Fall of the . LA. Times Dynasty by Dennis wavy sr McDougal (Perseus, $35, ISBN (7738202703) is the sad history of a great newspaper and foe family who built if and tore it apart A true epic. Privileged. Son shares the story of the Chandler 20MATO001 cymcism toward govern-men- L We follow his career si a newsman where he came to believe foal foe "newsroom : was the heartbeat of foe bu$i--S ' ' ' a sentiment neither his ness, i father nor grandfather; the paper's foundet; shared. McDougal, who wrote the 77k Last Mogul, links foe best LA; families to the only West Coast mob snd chronicles the family infighting that led " to foe demise of Chandler family control of the newspaper; He details foe expansion ; of Lot Angele$ Timet news coverage to include bureaus around foe world and notes. that curiously foe further sway it moved from its Core audience, foe less foe Timet power and might translated " into automatic success." Also curious, McDougal credits foe LA. Times with challeng-- ; ing other California papers to pumpupfoe volume in their papers in v order to compete with foe LA. Tunes behemoth. In this captivating story, ' .. v Goliath slays himself. best-selli- ng . 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