[Gllug] Open source == 'Popular Computing'

[Alistair Mann]

salsaman at xs4all.nl wrote:
> On Thu, April 2, 2009 17:18, John Edwards wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 04:07:33PM +0100, James Laver wrote:
>>> I was in Foyles this afternoon and some guy asked at the counter for
>>> 'Open source books' and he was pointed to the 'Popular computing'
>>> section. Imagine my surprise at finding it's full of books about
>>> openoffice and linux and such.
>>>
>>> I know this follows on from the previous thread about linux having
>>> arrived, but seriously, when did it become 'popular computing'?
>> I would guess that the other sections were probably computer
>> science, or school/college/uni text books.
>>
>> "Popular computing" = actually being used ?
>>
> 
> Perhaps there was a section on "Unpopular Computing", being full of
> Microsoft manuals.

Popular Computing Weekly in 1981 is the earliest I can find. I remember 
buying it too.

But more intellectually, the etymology of "Popular" lends itself well to 
open source, meaning "Of/From the people" especially when contrasted 
with the presumed opposite.

Cheers,
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