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 STORM - http://members.aol.com/StormExplo/ New free French OS with source! |
 China to Invest in Linux-based Software - http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/11/05/china.linux.reut/ Government plans to put financial effort into Linux-based software; may rival Microsoft Windows in one of world's fastest-growing technology markets, official says. [CNN.com] |
 LittleOS - http://littleos.free.fr/ New operating system. Goal: to be stable and easy to use. Everyone can join. In Français and English. [Open Source] |
 Report: Japan, Korea, China to Break Windows Ties - http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/02/HNbreakties_1.html Plans for governments and private sector firms of China, Japan, South Korea, to jointly work together to develop new OS to rival Microsoft Windows to be unveiled later this week, according to 2 Japanese newspaper reports. [InfoWorld] |
 WebRing: Free Operating Systems - http://u.webring.com/hub?ring=freeos Several sites offering free OSs. |
 FreeOS.com - http://www.freeos.com/ Resource Center for Free Operating Systems: articles, documentation, download sites, news, links, and anything related to all Free OSs. |
 Managing the Complexity Curve - http://shearer.org/en/writing/moreyouknow.html Short paper explains ease, costs to maintain system changes over time. Two models contrasted: closed vs. open source. For closed source, the more one knows, the harder it gets. For open source, the more one knows, the easier it gets. |
 KOSH: Community Operating System and Hardware - http://kosh.convergence.org/ A concept that has been around in one form or another for many years. Its root is the failure of single companies to address all the needs of all its customers, lack of interactivity, communications, feedback and involvement between producer and consumer, and lack of radical advancement and innovation due to fear of the producer in alienating its biggest customers. |
 GeckOS/A65 - http://www.6502.org/users/andre/osa/ Full-featured, preemptive multi-tasking/threading operating system for 6502. Implements some Unix-like features: signals, semaphores, relocatable fileformat, standard library, internet support via a type of simplified sockets, virtual consoles. |
 Japanese Manufacturers Back Off Proprietary OSes - http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/OEG20030123S0034 Japanese consumer electronics makers are backing away from efforts to move proprietary OSs into wider use, turning instead to open source OSs, mostly Linux. [EE Times] |
 Cefarix OS - http://cefarix.sourceforge.net/ New project, intended as stable, fast, secure, reliable, easy to use, 32-bit protected mode OS for x86 and later PowerPC systems, open source, many features, graphical user interface (GUI), to replace Microsoft Windows, all versions. |
 Free Linux CD Project - http://freelinuxcd.org/ Volunteers send used open source OS CDs (mostly Linux) to people who need them. Please contribute CDs or get a free CD. |
 Stupid OS - http://www.geocities.com/stupidosproject/ OS from India, coded in assembly and C; news, source and binary downloads. [Open Source] |
 MacPorts - http://www.macports.org/ Aims to provide an easy way to install various open-source software products on MacOS X. |
 IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines - http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/2623/5585 From EUROPA Interchange of Data between Administrations, European Commission strategic initiative; practical, detailed recommendations ton migrate to Open Source Software office programs, calendaring, e-mail, others; developed with guidance from public sector IT experts of 9 nations; 418 pages; description, downloads. |