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
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5.1 file.