Resource Links and Sponsoring Organizations The open-source campaign is supported by the following organizations: Novare provides the home system for the Open Source Initiative site, its net connection, and its support. VA Research provides our main web server. SSC, publisher of Linux Journal, paid for the domain registrations. Linux International was involved early; two board members helped define campaign that led to the formation of the Open Source Initiative. Netscape Communications is officially cooperating with us in or effort to get "open source" (both term and concept) accepted in the industry. O'Reilly Associates is likewise officially cooperating with us. Other Links The Free Software Foundation pioneered the concept of free software. The Cathedral and the Bazaar, the research paper that persuaded Netscape to go open-source. (There are two sequels, Homesteading the Noosphere and The Magic Cauldron) The Linux Documentation Project is a good way to learn about the most popular open-source operating system. USENIX is the Advanced Computing Systems Association. Its international membership includes scientists, engineers, and system administrators working on the cutting edge of systems and software.

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