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Open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's sources. Some consider it as a philosophy, and others consider it as a pragmatic methodology. Before open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; the term open source gained popularity with the rise of the Internet and its enabling of diverse production models, communication paths, and interactive communities.The complexity of such communication relates to Brooks' law, and it is also described by Eric S. Raymond, "Brooks predicts that as your number of programmers N rises, work performed scales as N but complexity and vulnerability to bugs rises as N-squared. N-squared tracks the number of communications paths (and potential code interfaces) between developers' code bases." -- "The Revenge of the Hackers". 2000. Subsequently, open source software became the most prominent face of open source.
The open source model can allow for the concurrent use of different agendas and approaches in production, in contrast with more centralized models of development such as those typically used in commercial software companies.Raymond, Eric S. The Cathedral and the Bazaar. ed 3.0. 2000.
History
Those involved with journalism and open source intelligence used the earliest known practices of open source that focused on accessibility rather than modification of sources. Software developers used to commonly release their code under public domain until they wanted to control how such freely accessible sources are modified and distributed. Developers, like the Free Software Foundation, began to license their work, but they still kept it as free software. More on [ Open source ]
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Mercury to open 2010 WNBA season May 15 vs. Los Angeles (source: The Arizona Republic) http://goo.gl/fb/ojqc
exercisefailcom (exercisefail) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:35:51 -0000
Mercury to open 2010 WNBA season May 15 vs. Los Angeles (source: The Arizona Republic) http://goo.gl/fb/ojqc
Nexus-One is born & oh dear, the pitfalls of an open source platform when the creator releases their own hardware, no one expected that!...
ElektroNick (Mr. Kookalamansa) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:35:50 -0000
Nexus-One is born & oh dear, the pitfalls of an open source platform when the creator releases their own hardware, no one expected that!...
Was für ein Texteditor verwendet ihr unter Mac für CSS-Stylesheets? Moglichst Freeware oder Open Source.
so_lala (Fabian) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:31:20 -0000
Was für ein Texteditor verwendet ihr unter Mac für CSS-Stylesheets? Moglichst Freeware oder Open Source.
Just found http://www.spot.us (via Black Star Rising blog), an open-source portal 4 community funded journalism, donate/pitch/suggest ideas.
GillMPhoto (Gill Moore) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:31:04 -0000
Just found http://www.spot.us (via Black Star Rising blog), an open-source portal 4 community funded journalism, donate/pitch/suggest ideas.
Looking forward to today's release of @rolopress contact mgmt tool (open source, built on WordPress) http://rolopress.com
KevinABarnes (Kevin A. Barnes) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:29:41 -0000
Looking forward to today's release of @rolopress contact mgmt tool (open source, built on WordPress) http://rolopress.com
Who'd be interested in a simple open-source URL-Rewrite module for ASP. Net written in VB? XML config file. Simple one:many model. Anyone?
danhalford (Dan Halford) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:27:59 -0000
Who'd be interested in a simple open-source URL-Rewrite module for ASP. Net written in VB? XML config file. Simple one:many model. Anyone?
ACM Crossroads: Operating Freely - Description of the 3 major, freely available, Unix-like operating systems: Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD. Crossroads is the student magazine of the ACM.
COTSE-Mini UNIX Distributions - Links to 2 dozen mini Unix distributions: mostly Linux, also FreeBSD, SCO, Solaris MINIX, MINIX.
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Linux and BSD, Open Source Giants - Succinct, clear, non-technical introduction to Linux and BSD, focus: how they are relevant to business.
Open Source Unix and Related Software Projects - Small page of logos and links to resources, distribution channels for the most popular, freely distributable Unix, and a few other projects. FREENIX links in English, Français, Norsk.
Meta Description: [ A complete resource for information, reviews, books and distribution channels for Open Source UNIX and related software projects. ]
PIOS: Pleasant Interactive Operating System - Free Unix clone developed by PIE Software Inc., for x86 PC compatibles, to give a stable multi-user high security platform for use as a network server, programming work-horse, or desktop system; designed so even complex tasks are easy.
Meta Description: [ Home Page Of PIE Software Inc, Home Page Of PIE Software Inc ]
Thix - Unix kernel written in 1994-95; almost full implementation of POSIX.1 standard, IEEE Std 1003.1-1988. Goal: mainly to learn OS design, architecture, kernel algorithms, resource allocation, process scheduling, and memory management; free software has been compiled for it. [Open Source, GPL]
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