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780 Listings - DR (10/10)780 Listings - DR (10/10) Salon Magazine's collection of Open Source articles - http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/12/11list.html
A series of well-written articles, knowledgeable yet understandable.
780 Listings - DR (10/10)780 Listings - DR (10/10) 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
230,016 Listings - DR (10/10)230,016 Listings - DR (10/10) Developers using open-source software behind bosses' backs - http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/05/05/open.source.smugglers.idg/
CNN.com article about the spread of Linux in offices.
74 Listings - DR (9/10)74 Listings - DR (9/10) 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?"
258 Listings - DR (9/10)258 Listings - DR (9/10) 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.
9 Listings - DR (8/10)9 Listings - DR (8/10) 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.
2,476 Listings - DR (8/10)2,476 Listings - DR (8/10) 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.
189 Listings - DR (7/10)189 Listings - DR (7/10) 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".
18 Listings - DR (6/10)18 Listings - DR (6/10) 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.
54 Listings - DR (6/10)54 Listings - DR (6/10) 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.
11 Listings - DR (6/10)11 Listings - DR (6/10) 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.
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) Open Source Software and Documents - A Literature and Resource Review - http://www.omar.org/opensource/litreview/
Brief introduction to the Open Source movement, provides a review of books, sites, and topics.
10 Listings - DR (6/10)10 Listings - DR (6/10) How Open Source Development Could Change the Way We Get Things Done - http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2000/0003.thompson.html
A feature story from the Washington Monthly.
253 Listings - DR (5/10)253 Listings - DR (5/10) The Register: Open Source is Good for America - US Military Advised - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/29/open_source_is_good/
Andrew Orlowski discusses a report commissioned by the US military about open source and free software.
9 Listings - DR (5/10)9 Listings - DR (5/10) OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition - http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd
A definition of the Open Source license for software.
40 Listings - DR (4/10)40 Listings - DR (4/10) 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"
40 Listings - DR (4/10)40 Listings - DR (4/10) 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.
40 Listings - DR (4/10)40 Listings - DR (4/10) 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.
40 Listings - DR (4/10)40 Listings - DR (4/10) 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."
40 Listings - DR (4/10)40 Listings - DR (4/10) 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.
40 Listings - DR (4/10)40 Listings - DR (4/10) 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.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) 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.
On Target - DR (2/10)On Target - DR (2/10) 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'.
8 Listings - DR (2/10)8 Listings - DR (2/10) 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.
7,463 Listings - DR (2/10)7,463 Listings - DR (2/10) Wikipedia - Open Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
Long article with examples.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) 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.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) 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.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects - http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.html
The Software Freedom Law Center's introduction to the legal issues surrounding the use of FOSS.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Open Source Strategies - http://www.opensourcestrategies.org/
Compilation of information relating to open source business models and strategies. Includes recommended books and related links.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Study on the Economic Impact of Open Source Software on Innovation and the Competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies Sector in the EU - http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf
Report from a study funded for the European Commission on the economics of FLOSS. Findings include that in almost all cases long-term costs could be reduced by switching from proprietary software.

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