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The Origins and Future of Open Source Software

A NetAction White Paper

By Nathan Newman

Contents:

• 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 also available as a single HTML document, a text file, an RTF file, a postscript file, a PDF file, and a MS Word 5.1 file. Thanks to Julian Boot for providing an Aportis Doc format for the Palm Pilot.

Help NetAction educate policymakers about the benefits of open source software with our Open Source Action Kit!

Copyright 1999 by NetAction. All rights reserved. Material may be reposted or reproduced for non-commercial use provided NetAction is cited as the source.

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