links - open source

Open Source

• In the Trenches: Taking the 'Free' out of Open Source http://www.linuxmag.com/ Why they named it that, by one of the idea-ers Sam Ockman : August 2001
• Linux for Suits: software industry as construction industry, and why open source http://www.linuxjournal.com/ Linux Journal : April 2001
• Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) http://www.osdl.org/ A consortium of companies that aims to accelerate the adoption of Linux OSDL : 2006
• Open Source Development Network (OSDN) http://www.osdn.org/ OSDN : 2006
• Open Source Initiative (OSI) http://www.opensource.org/ OSI : 2006
• Open Source Web Design (OSWD) http://www.oswd.org/ OSWD : 2006

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• Linux Spreads its Wings in India http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/sep2006/gb20060921_463452.htm 2,600 [schools] in the state of Kerala making the shift [to desktop linux]. That means each of the state : adoption

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• Five myths of open source http://www.numenorean.net/blog/archives/2006/10/5_myths_of_open.html "The open source movement today is a lot more than a motley crew of hobbyists hacking in their free time. Based on the simple but rigorously applied principles of technical openness and freedom to tinker, it has become a force to reckon with even where serious money-making businesses are concerned. Major technology companies are committed to open source and are starting to build strategic and tactical business models around it." Vishy : 2006