In the Beginning was the Command Line - A history of operating systems, by Neal Stephenson, the author of such novels as 'Snow Crash', 'The Diamond Age' and 'Zodiac'.
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.
Explains the competing open source philosophies and development models, with examples of popular open source projects such as Linux, Apache, KDE and Python.
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.
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.
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. [PDF] (November 20, 2006)
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. (May 20, 2002)
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. (December 18, 2000)
"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?" (August 9, 1999)
