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Salon | The Free Software story
Salon's complete coverage of Linux and the Open Source Movement
http://www.salon.com/tech/special/opensource/index.html
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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'.
http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html
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A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov
Eric Raymond's response to Bezroukov's "Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research"
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_11/raymond/index.html
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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.
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/yee/index.html
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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, and patent and grant proposals.
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_1/mann/index.html
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How Open Source Development Could Change the Way We Get Things Done
A feature story from the Washington Monthly.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2000/0003.thompson.html
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A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar
Another critical review of Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/bezroukov/index.html
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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.
http://www.informationweek.com/817/source.htm
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Why 'Free Software' 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".
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
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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, and VNC.
http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200006/200006.htm
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