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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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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'. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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." |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |