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When I first saw this on the shelf at the store I thought that it had a strong potential to just be a "feel-good" movie geared only towards those in the open source movement.

But after watching it, I feel like this is a documentary that I could show my parents so that they can better understand the Open Source Community that I call myself a member of.

This movie provides a very good introduction to what drove software programmers of the 70s into the idea of freely available source code. I thought I new most of the history, but a lot of what Richard Stallman and Bruce Perens talk about enlightened me. I feel like I know understand the open source community better and get the big picture. Even though I thought I knew the big picture before.

The use of older cameras to give everything kind of a brownish 70s tint to the movie makes it more interesting to watch. Plus, for a 90s film, the music is reminicent of those Soviet films from the 60s and 70s. It reminded me of movies like "Sluzhebnyj roman" (Office Romance)

As is to be expected from a talent show TV program, the talent is poor and most of the performers can't sign to save their lives. It's amazing what the American audience will put up with. Obviously most people in this country couldn't recognize good musical talent if it came up and sang for them. I predict this show won't last a whole year.