Comments about Open Source

The Open Source debate held jointly with the University Computer Society stimulated a lot of discussion, much of it on Intellectual Property.

This page is for sharing comments, thoughts, quotations and URLs relevant to topics raised during the debate.

From the Guardian

• Can Firefox challenge IE http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1347674,00.html
• Don't confuse free with freedom http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1353190,00.html
• Open Source and small businesses http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/businesssolutions/story/0,12581,903482,00.html
• Open Source and the Public Sector http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,989511,00.html
• The success of Wikipedia http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1335892,00.html

From the Observer (links to articles by John Naughton)

• How will Gates fight Linux http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,958031,00.html
• The IT revolutionaries that shocked a capitalist world http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1232149,00.html
• Wiki's wacky, but it really does work http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1302435,00.html
• At last. The government is now open to an alternative http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1340000,00.html

Office of Government Commerce

• Open Source Software Becoming Mainstream http://www.ogc.gov.uk/application.asp?app=press_release.asp&process=full_record&id=84
• Links to Open Source trials report and policy documents http://www.ogc.gov.uk/index.asp?docid=2190#finalreport

Other references

• The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
• NewsForge – the online newspaper for Linux and Open Source http://www.newsforge.com/
• The Linux Journal's comments on the OGC report – http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7872