Network 2005 Q&A

As Eric S. Raymond reminds us, Open Source Software will continue to shape the dynamics of the computer software industry for the next long while, just as it has done for the last decade. Created and perpetuated by hackers, Open Source Software refers to software in which the source code is freely available to anyone who wishes to improve it (usually through collaboration). And, of course, at the heart of Open Source Software lies Linux—an operating system whose rapid growth has shocked the world by demonstrating the nature and power of the Open Source model.