From Developer Community
Open Source is not a new way of doing things ? it is the original computer way of doing things. Linux did not suddenly appear like a mushroom ? it is (as Microsoft scornfully puts it) a "30-year-old operating system technology and architecture." Linux is not the first free mimic of UNIX ? that was BSD, which is still with us and growing stronger. It?s not an obvious joke when Linus Torvalds and his followers talk about World Domination and laugh ? they laugh because they enjoy sounding like comic-strip villains, and because they know they mean it. To follow all these threads in computer history and social history, we need to go back about 40 years.
Contents
- 1 Chapter 1, The Origins of Open Source Software
- 2 Chapter 2, Commercializing Open Source Software
- 3 Chapter 3, Benefits and Costs of Open Source in Your Busines
- 4 Chapter 4, Available Products and More to Come
- 5 Chapter 5, Linux vs. Windows
- 6 Chapter 6, The GNU GPL and the Open Source Definition
- 7 Chapter 7, Complications of Open Source Licensing
- 8 Chapter 8, The Drive Toward the Mainframe
- 9 Chapter 9, The Secret Battlefield, Embedded Systems
- 10 Chapter 10, The Platform: Software and Hardware
- 11 Chapter 11, The Applications: Non-Traditional Business Mode
- 12 Chapter 12, The Proprietary Software Business: New Opportun
- 13 Chapter 13, Companies and Projects
- 14 Chapter 14, Intellectual Property
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Chapter 1, The Origins of Open Source Software
Chapter 2, Commercializing Open Source Software
Chapter 3, Benefits and Costs of Open Source in Your Busines
Chapter 4, Available Products and More to Come
Chapter 5, Linux vs. Windows
Chapter 6, The GNU GPL and the Open Source Definition
Chapter 7, Complications of Open Source Licensing
Chapter 8, The Drive Toward the Mainframe
Chapter 9, The Secret Battlefield, Embedded Systems
Chapter 10, The Platform: Software and Hardware
Chapter 11, The Applications: Non-Traditional Business Mode
Chapter 12, The Proprietary Software Business: New Opportun
Chapter 13, Companies and Projects
Chapter 14, Intellectual Property
--ndkwp
