Open Source, Linux, Unix…
what does it all mean?

Published Online: December 2004

Imagine never paying for computer software again.  Sound far-fetched?  If it were up to Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds and a few others this idea wouldn’t sound so far-fetched to the average Windows user.  The GNU and Linux operating system projects have popularized the idea of open source, such that Microsoft has made key business strategy decisions as a result of the threat that it poses.

This investigative Web site strives to layout the concepts of free software, where it is being used successfully around the world and why some software developers like Microsoft and the SCO Group want to stop it.

Levi C. Maaia, Graduate Student
Emerson College

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