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A series of well-written articles, knowledgeable yet understandable. |
Salon's complete coverage of Linux and the Open Source Movement |
CNN.com article about the spread of Linux in offices. |
"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?" |
Article by Michael A. Olson stating that Open source quietly makes a big difference. |
The process transitioning from a Windows to a Linux desktop computer, step by step setup instructions for a dialup account, and VNC. |
Explains the competing open source philosophies and development models, with examples of popular open source projects such as Linux, Apache, KDE and Python. |
An essay from the Free Software Foundation arguing that the term "free software" is a better choice than the term "open source". |
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. |
Article argues against the necessity of the Free Software movement tenet of copyleft. |
How-to's, documentation and various tools for administrating Open Source servers in an ISP environment. |
Brief introduction to the Open Source movement, provides a review of books, sites, and topics. |
A feature story from the Washington Monthly. |
Andrew Orlowski discusses a report commissioned by the US military about open source and free software. |
A definition of the Open Source license for software. |
Another critical review of Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar." |
This paper makes the political and ethical case for the adoption of free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International. |
Eric Raymond's response to Bezroukov's "Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research" |
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. |
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. |
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. |
This article presents an approach to combine the best of the Open Source and proprietary software development worlds. |
A history of operating systems, by Neal Stephenson, the author of such novels as 'Snow Crash', 'The Diamond Age' and 'Zodiac'. |
On the Birth of the Free Software Movement in 1887. The author compares new code to the constructed language Esperanto. |
Long article with examples. |
Essay by Matthew Paul Thomas, discussing the origins of common problems with constructive suggestions to address them. |
Compilation of information relating to open source business models and strategies. Includes recommended books and related links. |
The Software Freedom Law Center's introduction to the legal issues surrounding the use of FOSS. |
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