Salon's complete coverage of Linux and the Open Source Movement

A series of well-written articles, knowledgeable yet understandable.

Report from a study funded for the European Commission on the economics of FLOSS. Findings include that in almost all cases long-term costs could be reduced by switching from proprietary software.

Andrew Orlowski discusses a report commissioned by the US military about open source and free software.

This paper sketches out a proposal for the creation of a software completion bond market as a practical implementation of the Street Performer Protocol for the funding of open source software.

Essay by Matthew Paul Thomas, discussing the origins of common problems with constructive suggestions to address them.

An essay from the Free Software Foundation arguing that the term "free software" is a better choice than the term "open source".

Long article with examples.

Article by Michael A. Olson stating that Open source quietly makes a big difference.