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
ZDNews - A Business Case for Open Source - Article by Michael A. Olson stating that Open source quietly makes a big difference. - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-902087.html
Open Source Strategies - Compilation of information relating to open source business models and strategies. Includes recommended books and related links. - http://www.opensourcestrategies.org/
PerlStalker's SysAdmin Notes and Tools - How-to's, documentation and various tools for administrating Open Source servers in an ISP environment. - http://perlstalker.amigo.net/
Collaborative Source Software - This article presents an approach to combine the best of the Open Source and proprietary software development worlds. - http://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/archive.php?id=11
22surf: Open Source Business Plan - Covers details of a free, downloadable Open Source business plan describing 22surf and Authena, presented at the Harvard OSCOM. - http://22surf.org/
UXculture - 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. - http://www.uxculture.com/
Monochrom: Some Code To Die For - On the Birth of the Free Software Movement in 1887. The author compares new code to the constructed language Esperanto. - http://www.monochrom.at/codetodiefor/
The Wall Street Performer Protocol - 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. - http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_6/rasch/index.html
First Monday: Open Source Intelligence - 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. - http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_6/stalder/
Wikipedia - Open Source - Long article with examples. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
Homer's Open Source Odyssey - Elliot McGucken discusses classical computing and provides a brief history of open source. - http://classicalmba.com/linuxbusiness.html
OReilly - Working Without Copyleft - Article argues against the necessity of the Free Software movement tenet of copyleft. - http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2001/12/12/transition.html
Government Policy toward Open Source Software - Monograph by Robert W. Hahn, with contributions by James Bessen, David S. Evans, and Lawrence Lessig. [PDF] - http://www.aei.brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=296
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Fast Company: Inspired by Work - Eric Raymond interview explaining open source work. - http://www.fastcompany.com/online/29/inspired.html
Forbes: Letting go of Lego - "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?" - http://www.forbes.com/forbes/99/0809/6403122a.htm
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