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An Introduction to Open Source Software --- Course Materials

An Introduction to Open Source Software
Center of the International Cooperation for Computerization and Mitsubishi Research Institute,Inc.
- Introduction to FS and Open Standards
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License
Text book and presentation
http://oss.mri.co.jp/i2oss/
English and Japanese
iiojun@mri.co.jp

Table of Contents

  1. What is Open Source Software?
  2. OSS Application Fields and Installation of OSS
  3. Major OSS and Distributions
  4. Philosophy and History of Open Source Software
  5. OSS Development and the OSS Community
  6. OSS Business
  7. Case Studies in OSS Business
  8. OSS Government Policy and E-Government
  9. Features of OSS
  10. Issues with OSS
  11. Development Tools
  12. Maintaining Software and Development Examples
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