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Resources for Implementation

Getting Started in Open Source and Education
http://www.redhat.com/advice/tips/osed_part1.html
Good advice for that complements our Decisions section

GNU/Linux Case Studies: Implementation Histories of Linux in Schools
http://casestudy.seul.org/index.html
How some educators are using open source in K-12

K12OS.org
http://k12os.org/
News and links for educators using open source

K12OSN
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn
A large, active email list for educators using open source

Riverdale High School - Open Source Case Study
http://k12ltsp.org/rhs_casestudy.html
Riverdale is a premiere example of open source in K-12

SchoolForge / Open Source Schools
http://opensourceschools.org/index.php
News and links for educators using open source

seul-edu
http://archives.seul.org/seul/edu/
A large, active email list for educators using open source

Oregon StRUT: Students Recycling Used Technology
http://www.oregonstrut.org
A model organization that channels donated technology to schools. Some current users combine recycled hardware with open source software for inexpensive solutions

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News & Community

Linux Today
http://linuxtoday.com/
Daily news about Linux and other open source software

NewsForge
http://newsforge.com/
Daily news about Linux and other open source software

Slashdot
http://slashdot.org
News, links, and discussion of open source and other things. A center of the open source community

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Software

Apache HTTP Server Project
http://httpd.apache.org/
Apache is the most-used Web hosting software on the Internet and it's open source.

freshmeat.net
http://freshmeat.net/
A large collection of open source news, projects, and downloadable software

K12 Linux Terminal Server Project (K12LTSP)
http://k12ltsp.org/contents.html
This is one of the most popular open source solutions for schools. It's well supported by a thriving community of K-12 educators.

OpenOffice.org
http://openoffice.org
A popular open source alternative to Microsoft Office

SourceForge.net
http://sourceforge.net/
A large collection of open source news, projects, and downloadable software

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History & Philosophy

The Cathedral and the Bazaar
http://fringe.davesource.com/Fringe/Computers/Philosophy/Cathedral_Bazaar/
Eric Raymond's pivotal essay describing the open source model

Free Software Foundation (FSF)
http://www.gnu.org/
The organization founded by Richard Stallman to promote free software like GNU

Open Source Initiative (OSI)
http://www.opensource.org/
The organization founded by Bruce Perens and Eric Raymond to promote open source software. The OSI certifies open source software licenses.

Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
A collection of essays by the leaders of the open source movement. Available from O'Reilly, Amazon.com, and others

Resignation and Postmortem
http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/nomo.html
Netscape's Jamie Zawinski on why Netscape's open source strategy didn't work

Revolution OS
http://www.revolution-os.com/
An accessible, entertaining documentary of the open source movement

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Articles

The Best Things in Tech are Free (2002, August)
http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,42238,00.html
An accessible introduction to open source and its implications

MS Study: Win 2K Beats Linux on Price (2002, December 3)
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2126953,00.html
A controversial study funded by Microsoft

MS 'Software Choice' Scheme a Clever Fraud (2002, September 8)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26616.html
Bruce Perens on Microsoft's international opposition to open source

Seeing through the Linux-Windows TCO comparisons (2002, December 19)
http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/1219.barr.html
A pro-Linux look at TCO

Study Lauds Open-Source Code Quality (2003, February 19)
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-985221.html
A brief look at some ways Linux is better or worse than proprietary alternatives

The True Cost of Ownership (2003, March)
http://fno.org/mar03/truecost.html
A comprehensive look at TCO in schools

Wall Street Embraces Linux (2002, March 27)
http://www.forbes.com/2002/03/27/0327linux.html
Why major brokerages are choosing open source

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