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- In the Beginning was the Command Line A lengthy, but very well written and funny history of operating systems, by Neal Stephenson, the author of such novels as 'Snow Crash', 'The Diamond Age' and 'Zodiac'.
- Salon Magazine's collection of Open Source articles A series of well-written articles, knowledgeable yet understandable.
- Why 'Free Softare' is Better Than 'Open Source' An essay from the Free Software Foundation arguing that the term "free software" is a better choice than the term "open source".
- Free Source as Free Thought: Architecting Free Standards This paper calls for the support of open standards and non-proprietary software in civil activities, such as public education, taxes, patent and grant proposals, etc.
- Forbes: Letting go of Lego "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?"
- Fast Company: Inspired by Work Eric Raymond interview explaining open source work.
- MicroTimes #198: Open Source Freeware Fills The Bill Start of series/column, Open Sources, to keep you abreast of open source freeware developments in technical and business areas.
- Open-Source Software Development, by Kim Johnson Explains the competing open source philosophies and development models, with examples of popular open source projects such as Linux, Apache, KDE and Python.
- Development, Ethical Trading and Free Software This paper makes the political and ethical case for the adoption of free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International.
- osOpinion: How to Avoid 1984 Through Our Computers How open source enhances privacy.
- The World of Open Source by Michael Tiemann, GNU C++ creator and Cygnus founder.
- A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar Another critical review of Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
- Gnutella Replaces Godzilla in Corporate Media Gary Morton responds to Gnutella story in Canada's Globe and Mail.
- Making it in a Post Windows World The process transitioning from a Windows to a Linux desktop computer, step by step setup instructions for a dialup account, VNC, and much more.
- A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov Eric Raymond's response to Bezroukov's "Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research"
- ZDNet: Sm@rt Reseller: Who Is the Open-Source Community? UNC study sheds new light on the people behind the movement.
- InformationWeek: Is There An Open-Source Solution? 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.
- Wide Open News: Be Open or Die Preventing others from building upon software hinders the growth of new ideas.
- FEED: Open Source Special This is a collection of articles that highlight some of the issues, controversies, and people behind the open source 'movement'. It also discusses open source as a new kind of political animal.
- Salon | The Free Software story Salon's complete coverage of Linux and the Open Source Movement
- How Open Source Development Could Change the Way We Get Things Done A feature story from the Washington Monthly.
- The Wall Street Performer Protocol 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.
- OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition A definition of the Open Source license for software.
- Open-Source Software Development, by Davor Cubranic Addresses the obstacles which OSS must overcome to move from the specialist community to the mainstream.
- Musings on open source security models A good article about how security systems for computers can be beter if done the open source way.
- History of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) A brief rundown from the Open Source advocacy body, the OSI.
- Developers using open-source software behind bosses' backs CNN.com article about the spread of Linux in offices.
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