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Introduction
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Importance today
Solutions for the server
Solutions for the desktop
"Sociology" of the movement
Legal considerations
Choosing Free/OpenSource software
Why address this question in classes at INT
Miscelleanous
Appendices
  

Free / OpenSource Software Development timeline

  • First there was the source code (< 80)

  • Unix, BSD (> 80)

  • GNU project[4] and Free Software Foundation created by Richard M. Stallman (> 84)

  • Linux kernel started by Linus Torvalds (> 91)

  • GNU/Linux Distributions ( > 95)

  • IBM steps in (2001)

  • Sun buying StarOffice and creation of OpenOffice.org (2002)
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[4] these days, it's the 20th anniversary of the GNU project first announce by RMS