Open Source Issues

Check out this group of interesting articles from BusinessWeek

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/tc_special/tc_06opensource.htm

And this, from CIO Magazine

http://www.cio.com/archive/021506/opensource.html

This is an excellent article suggesting a methodology for evaluating open source solutions. I was pleased to see that our own review process covers most of these issues!

http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_eval.html

Rich's Recommended Web Sites

First, get to know the LAMP platform, consisting of Linux+Apache+MySQL+Perl.

http://www.onlamp.com/

OpenOffice

OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.

http://www.openoffice.org/

The Open Source Maturity Model

http://www.navicasoft.com/pages/osmm.htm

Rich's Recommended Reads

Succeeding with Open Source by Bernard Golden

Open Source Enterprise Solutions: Developing an E-Business Strategy by Gunnison Carbone, Alex Lesniak, Duane Stoddard

Open Source Solutions For Small Business Problems by John Locke

Open Source Software: Implementation and Management by Paul Kavanagh

Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary by Eric S. Raymond

Buy these books from Amazon.com!

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