Salon | The Free Software story - http://www.salon.com/tech/special/opensource/index.html Salon's complete coverage of Linux and the Open Source Movement
Forbes: Letting go of Lego - http://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/0809/6403122a.html "Hackers crack the code of a new chip and post the design secrets on the Web. The chip's maker, instead of suing, holds fire. What gives?"
ZDNews - A Business Case for Open Source - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-902087.html Article by Michael A. Olson stating that Open source quietly makes a big difference.
Making it in a Post Windows World - http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200006/200006.htm The process transitioning from a Windows to a Linux desktop computer, step by step setup instructions for a dialup account, and VNC.
Open-Source Software Development, by Kim Johnson - http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/computer-article-open-source.html Explains the competing open source philosophies and development models, with examples of popular open source projects such as Linux, Apache, KDE and Python.
Why 'Free Software' is Better Than 'Open Source' - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html An essay from the Free Software Foundation arguing that the term "free software" is a better choice than the term "open source".
InformationWeek: Is There An Open-Source Solution? - http://www.informationweek.com/817/source.htm Despite lack of marketing resources, more businesses are discovering and deploying open-source software in their back offices. Support has improved, capable tools quickly become the standard by which commercial products are measured.
OReilly - Working Without Copyleft - http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2001/12/12/transition.html Article argues against the necessity of the Free Software movement tenet of copyleft.
PerlStalker's SysAdmin Notes and Tools - http://perlstalker.amigo.net/ How-to's, documentation and various tools for administrating Open Source servers in an ISP environment.
A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov - http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_11/raymond/index.html Eric Raymond's response to Bezroukov's "Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research"
Development, Ethical Trading and Free Software - http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/yee/index.html This paper makes the political and ethical case for the adoption of free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International.
The Wall Street Performer Protocol - http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_6/rasch/index.html This paper sketches out a proposal for the creation of a software completion bond market as a practical implementation of the Street Performer Protocol for the funding of open source software.
A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar - http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/bezroukov/index.html Another critical review of Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
Free Source as Free Thought: Architecting Free Standards - http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_1/mann/index.html This paper calls for the support of open standards and non-proprietary software in civil activities, such as public education, taxes, and patent and grant proposals.
First Monday: Open Source Intelligence - http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_6/stalder/ Scientific illustration and analysis of socio-technical approaches that make up a collaborative phenomenon termed Open Source Intelligence, which goes beyond the collaborative coding of software.
Collaborative Source Software - http://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/archive.php?id=11 This article presents an approach to combine the best of the Open Source and proprietary software development worlds.
In the Beginning was the Command Line - http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html A history of operating systems, by Neal Stephenson, the author of such novels as 'Snow Crash', 'The Diamond Age' and 'Zodiac'.
Monochrom: Some Code To Die For - http://www.monochrom.at/codetodiefor/ On the Birth of the Free Software Movement in 1887. The author compares new code to the constructed language Esperanto.
Wikipedia - Open Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Long article with examples.
Why Free Software has Poor Usability, and How to Improve It - http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software-usability Essay by Matthew Paul Thomas, discussing the origins of common problems with constructive suggestions to address them.
UXculture - http://www.uxculture.com/ Weblog exploring the Open Source and related topics dealing with user experience design and its impact on technology, business, and society. Also touches on digital design, business strategy, and the emergence of networked society.
Open Source Strategies - http://www.opensourcestrategies.org/ Compilation of information relating to open source business models and strategies. Includes recommended books and related links.
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