The History of (UNIX/GNU/Linux)
Ritchie & Thompson–Creators of C and UNIX
https://www.i-programmer.info/history/people/547-ritchie-a-thompson.html
The Proprietary-Unix Era – Catb.org
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/hacker-history/ar01s05.html
1983/GNU: "Initial Announcement"
https://www.gnu.org/gnu/initial-announcement.en.html
1991/Kernel: "small poll for my new operating system"
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.os.minix/dlNtH7RRrGA%5B1-25%5D
1998/History of the OSI (‘Open Source’ Initiative)
https://opensource.org/history
2000/Is Free Software Communist?
https://edition.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/02/11/free.software.idg/
2005/Bill Gates: Hell Yes It Is
https://www.cnet.com/news/gates-taking-a-seat-in-your-den/
These days …
IBM closes its $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/ibm-closes-its-34-billion-acquisition-of-red-hat.html
Free Software’s Radical Past
http://www.ocsmag.com/2019/02/27/free-softwares-radical-past/
and the reddit thread on the article
https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/elujbb/free_softwares_radical_past/
"At this point, the LF pretty much just promotes Linux as a shared corporate asset."
Although … the Linux Foundation isn’t the be-all and end-all of free and open-source operating systems, either …