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The Origins and Future of Open Source Software

Mar 31, 1999, 07:31 (0 Talkback[s])
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A NetAction White Paper gives an historical look at Open Source Software.

Introduction
How Government Support Launched the Modern Computing Age
How Free, Open Source Software Created the Internet
Supervision and Standards
UNIX As A Public Standard
Breakdown of Open Computing on the Internet
Why the Government Withdrew From Defense of Open Standards
The Return of Open Source Computing
Where to Go from Here--Ending the Microsoft Monopoly
End Notes

This paper is available as a single HTML document, a text file, an RTF file, a postscript file, a PDF file, and a MS Word 5.1 file.

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