OPEN SOURCE
SITES
Advogato
A site for open-source advocates, with content generated by members/visitors.
Advogato
"A community resource for free software developers around the world, as well as a research testbed for work on group trust metrics."
Articles and Editorials by Bruce Perens
Article and editorials from Bruce Perens, co-founder of the Open Source Initiative and an author of the Open Source Definition.
The Halloween Documents
The annotated text of three internal Microsoft memos regarding the threat of open source software in general, and Linux in particular, to Microsoft and commercial software.
Linux Today Special Coverage of The Bazaar
Linux Today's coverage of The Bazaar 1999, a low-profile open source conference focusing on technology and the open-source community.
Netscripter.com
News for Open Source web developers.
The O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference
Coverage of the 2002 O'Reilly Bioinformatics Conference in Tucson, Arizona; with weblogs, and coverage of Lincoln Stein's and Ewan Birney's keynotes.
ONLamp.com
An O'Reilly Network website dealing with Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP, Python, and Perl - open-source technologies for building websites.
Open Resources
Links to open-source software resources, including news sites, organizations, and project hosting sites.
Open Source Development Network
An open-source portal from VA Linux, linking and highlighting their various open-source websites.
The Open Source Page
A web site that argues for the superiority of open source technology over commercial applications.
OpenSource Directory
A site that tracks the licenses under which various free software is released, to better answer the question of whether or not a particular product is an open=source distribution.
Peace, Love, and Software
An article on open source published by Forbes magazine in August 1998. Linus Torvalds appeared on this issue's cover.
Source Forge
A site set up VA Linux to help open-source programmers develop their projects; providing tools to manage projects, as well as a place for like-minded individuals to work together.
sourceXchange
A "marketplace for open source development." Through this site, sponsors can find hire developers to work on specific open source projects. Requires registration.
The Unix versus NT Organization
Information about the relative strengths and weaknesses of Windows NT, Unix, and free Unixes in particular. Includes the widely-referenced Kirch Paper, a detailed analysis of Windows NT vs Unix.
ARTICLES
An Unusual Venture at U. of Chicago Focuses on Open-Source Software
A University of Chicago venture called the Open Channel hopes to make money by supporting open-source software, especially academic-created software. (5/12/2000 at The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Andover.Net's Media Kludge
Andover.Net, which launched a successful IPO based on buying two open-source software websites, actually started out working the software industry in the 1980s. (2/2/2000 at Upside)
Attorney Dan Ravicher on Open Source Legal Issues
In a Slashdot interview, attorney Dan Ravicher answers user-submitted questions related to Open Source and Free Software licensing issues. (6/5/2001 at Slashdot.org)
The Battle That Could Lose Us The War
Warning to Linux users: unless a web browser capable of doing anything that Windows and Mac browsers can do is developed for Linux, "we will lose the war." (11/5/1999 at Linux Today)
The Coming "Open Monopoly" in Software
A prediction: Microsoft's monopoly will be replaced by the monopoly of open-source software; as a result, barriers to entry into software arenas - for both big players and small - will disappear. (10/24/2001 at News.com)
Crafting the Free-Software Future
VA Linux's SourceForge.net, a website that eases collaboration among open-source programmers, hosts 125,000 developers working on 16,000 projects; but it's getting criticism and competition from the likes of Brian Behlendorf and Richard M. Stallman. (3/6/2001 at Salon.com)
The Cybercommunist Manifesto
A recent "manifesto" posted to a prominent mailing list suggests that the open-source gift economy is undermining capitalism, and bringing the Net close to Marx's ideal society. (9/10/1999 at Salon.com)
Do Penguins Eat Apples?
A long comparison of, and historical perspective on, Macintosh fanatics and Linux fanatics. (9/28/1999 at Salon.com)
E-Power to the People
Gnutella, an open-source media/software-trading tool built by a division of AOL, could take power over content distribution away from corporations and into the hands of Net citizens. (5/18/2000 at The Washington Post)
Feeding the Open-Source Hungry
A new website will allow businesses and individuals to donate hardware for open-source programming efforts. (2/11/2000 at Wired News)
Four New Open Source Licenses
The Open Source Institute (OSI) has approved 4 new open-source licenses: X.Net, the New Artistic, Sun Public License, and Eiffel Forum License. (9/21/2001 at Slashdot.org)
FTP Buffer Overflows
Unix and open-source security advisories: buffer overflows in several FTP daemons, Oracle Application Server, and more; temporary file race conditions in pine and pico; mkpasswd; and more. (4/17/2001 at O'Reilly Network)
Getting It Together
An attorney argues that the time may have come for open-source projects to drop their licenses, because the developers and companies driven away by the licenses would contribute to open-source projects if there were no legal requirements. (12/17/2000 at Web Techniques)
Getting Your Work Into Mozilla
Step-by-step instructions on working with the Mozilla community, and a look at a case study, Alphanumerica's contribution of their Total Recall code. (9/29/2000 at O'Reilly Network)
GNOME Throws Down the Gauntlet
A number of open-source vendors have banded together to launch the GNOME Foundation, which aims to provide a viable open-source desktop alternative to Microsoft's Windows and Office. (8/15/2000 at ZDNet)
The GNU GPL and the American Way
Richard Stallman explains how the GNU General Public License "embodies" the American Way, and why he believes Microsoft's anti-GPL statements are both meaningless and wrong. (2/28/2001 at ZDNet)
Hampshire College Favors Noncommercial Web Software Open to All
A look at why Hampshire College is choosing open-source software solutions for its website architecture. (10/3/2001 at The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Helix Server Source Released
User reaction to RealNetwork's release of the Helix DNA Server source code. (1/22/2003 at Slashdot.org)
How Big Blue fell for Linux
Information on the initial meeting between the Apache Project and IBM, and how (and why) IBM embraced Apache, Linux, and open-source software. (9/12/2000 at Salon.com)
How the Web Was Almost Won
Tim O'Reilly talks about the software war that Microsoft (thankfully) lost: the war for web server market share. (11/16/1999 at Salon.com)
Interbase Backdoor, Secret for Six Years, Revealed in Source
Slashdot discussion of a back-door account in the recently-open-sourced Interbase database, and the merits of open source vs. closed source in terms of security. (1/11/2001 at Slashdot.org)
An Interview with Tim O'Reilly & Eric Raymond
Tim O'Reilly and Eric Raymond talk about how corporate America is dealing with the open-source movement, and dangers that the open-source movement faces. (2/18/2000 at O'Reilly Network)
Interview: Tim O'Reilly Answers
The founder and president of the technical publisher answers questions submitted by the Slashdot community. (9/10/1999 at Slashdot.org)
Introducing the Mac Open Source Software Directory
O'Reilly announces the launch of their directory of open-source programs for Macintoshes. (8/3/2001 at O'Reilly Network)
It'll Be an Open-Source World
Forrester Research predicts that by 2004, open-source software will completely change the software industry; IBM and Dell will do well, while Oracle and Microsoft falter. (8/15/2000 at Wired News)
Lessons from the Layoffs at LinuxCare
Tim O'Reilly thinks that the recent bad news from service company Linuxcare show their lack of perspective on how to make money from open-source software. (5/9/2000 at O'Reilly Network)
Look Who's Joining Linux Bandwagon?
Small start-ups hope to make a profit selling preconfigured Linux systems. (11/2/1999 at ZDNet)
Mac OS X Opens Apple to a New Audience
BSD and open-source software developers and users have reason to be excited about Apple's Mac OS X: by building on BSD, it finally makes the inside of Apple's operating system as advanced as the outside. (1/9/2001 at O'Reilly Network)
May the Source Be With You
An interview with open-source evangelist Eric S. Raymond, in which he explains why nobody examined open-source culture in depth before he did, and why Microsoft will collapse. (11/28/1999 at Irish Times)
MySQL & Nusphere
Discussion of, and links to press releases about, the mysql.com vs. mysql.org dispute between MySQL AB and NuSphere. (7/14/2001 at Slashdot.org)
Net Vigilance
A debate - which is more secure: open-source software, or proprietary? (7/16/2001 at ZDNet Developer)
Net VS. Norm: The Slashdot Effect
A look at the history of Slashdot.org, the SlashDot effect, and what it all means for journalism. (2/8/2000 at 15 Seconds)
On Open Sourcing Java
Java isn't the cross-platform wonder it was first hyped as, and has little mindshare outside of intranet developers; open-sourcing it would help, but would also make it vulnerable to takeover attempts from Microsoft. (2/14/2000 at Byte)
Open Season on Open Source?
Leading open source proponents say lawsuits from the entertainment industry and owners of proprietary technology will cause problems for the open-source movement this year. (1/27/2000 at Wired News)
Open Source Databases Bloom
Open-source databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL are finding more use at corporate sites, especially as commercial support for them become available. (9/10/2001 at IDG.net)
Open Source Projects Manage Themselves? Dream On
Argues that successful open-source projects have a cathedral, rather than a bazaar, model of development, contrary to Eric Raymond's assertions; and that they depend on highly-skilled, though informal, technical managers. (9/12/2000 at Lotus Developer Network)
Open-Source Journalism Online: Fact-Checking or Censorship?
When Jane's Intelligence Review solicited criticism from Slashdot readers regarding a to-be-published articles, most called it peer review; others called it censorship of the "nerderati." (10/14/1999 at The Freedom Forum Online)
Open-Source TV
Three companies control most Web-based video broadcasting: Microsoft, Apple, and RealNetworks. If programmers don't come up with a viable open-source video streaming option, these three corporations could control the future of video on the Web. (1/5/2000 at SF Gate)
OpenBSD Plugs a Rare Security Leak
A security bug in OpenBSD 2.7 was exploited earlier this week; the proactive developers of the "secure by default" operating system had fixed the bug months ago, but not distributed the fix yet. (10/6/2000 at Upside)
OpenCola: Swarming Folders
An explanation of Folders and Swarmcast, two open-source technologies from OpenCola that make content management and retrieval easier. (5/24/2001 at OpenP2P.com)
Program Your Computer to See
How to install and configure Intel's Open Source Computer Vision Library (OSCVL), for doing computer vision research. (9/22/2000 at O'Reilly Network)
Proprietary Versus Open Standards
Standards like SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) are great, and can keep developers from being locked-in by any one corporation; but proprietary products like Flash and Onflow may be preferable just because they're available, and their development is funded. (9/27/2000 at ClickZ Network)
Raymond to Pen 'The Art of Unix Programming'
Open-source software evangelist is working on a book on unix programming, as well as a new online essay along the lines of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar." (10/3/2000 at Upside)
RealNames to Open Source Code
RealNames has decided to provide at least some of its technology for Internet addressing as open-source software. (10/5/1999 at News.com)
Red Hat Talks Big at Open-source Conference
At the WR Hambrecht conference on open-source companies, Linux company Red Hat claimed to have started the "open-source revolution." (10/4/2000 at News.com)
Samba Lessons
Andrew Tridgell, creator of Samba, talks about his fascination with technology, the origins of Samba, and managing open-source projects. (7/31/2001 at Linux Magazine)
The Shape of Open Source to Come
Six months ago, Rob Malda refused to sell Slashdot to VA Linux, in order to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest; now that VA Linux has acquired Andover.Net, he's part of the VA Linux empire. (2/3/2000 at Salon.com)
Shuttle Diplomacy Between Allchin and Stallman
Tim O'Reilly's response to Richard Stallman's response to Jim Allchin's (of Microsoft) statements against funding of open-source software by the U.S. government. (2/28/2001 at O'Reilly Network)
Sneak Preview of GPL v. 3: More Business Friendly
Richard M. Stallman is working on version 3 of the Gnu Public License. His goals: correct wording in the existing license, and make the license more attractive to programmers who are new to Free Software. Along the way, he'll close the "ASP loophole." (11/2/2000 at NewsForge)
Some I.B.M. Software Tools to Be Put in Public Domain
IBM is donating software it spent $40 million creating to a new foundation, named Eclipse, which will be an open-source developers' organization. (11/5/2001 at The New York Times)
Spreading the GNUs
An interview with Richard Stallman on terminology (GNU/Linux vs. Linux, "free" vs. "open source"), software history, and the stock market crash. (1/11/2001 at Dallas Morning News)
Sun's Solaris 8: A Free Punch At Microsoft
Sun has decided to distribute its Solaris 8 operating system for "free." Some restrictions apply. (1/27/2000 at ZDNet)
The Threat of a Linux Generation
Programmers who don't appreciate the effects of Microsoft's anti-piracy efforts, and who want better access to the tools they use, are turning to open-source software, especially in Europe. (3/2/2002 at MSNBC)
Top Five Open Source Packages for System Administrators: Nagios
Æleen Frisch counts Nagios, a network monitoring program, as the second-most useful open source program for system administrators. (12/5/2002 at ONLamp.com)
U. of North Carolina Gets $4-Million to Expand 'Public Library of the Internet'
The Red Hat Center has donated $4 million to UNC Chapel Hill's MetaLab, a repository for Linux-related software and other materials which will move to a new domain name: ibibilo.org, "The Public's Library." (9/12/2000 at The Chronicle of Higher Education)
What Makes Software Open Source?
The arguments over the software license for Python 1.6 center on a "choice of law" clause that make it incompatible with GPLed software, and requires the license to be governed by Virginia law. (9/14/2000 at Upside)
What's Going On About Open-Sourcing the OpenMail Program
Bruce Perens, open-source evangelist at Hewlett-Packard, explains why he didn't advise the company to just go ahead and open-source OpenMail, a Linux-based mail server. (3/5/2001 at Linux Today)
Where the Web Leads Us
This article, based on Tim O'Reilly's keynote speech at Linux World '99 in Tokyo, discusses the future of open-source technology in relation to the history of commercial computing, including the unintended beneficiaries of open standards. (10/6/1999 at XML.com)
Which Open Source Projects Are -Really- Collaborative?
Discussion of how open open-source projects are to contributions from new developers. (9/14/2001 at Slashdot.org)
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