"On a crude count of Linux Apache sites found by Netcraft where the Apache signature has been branded by the Linux distribution company, Red Hat currently has 69%. SUSE and Debian are the closest challengers with 9% and 8% respectively on a worldwide basis, though SUSE is the leading distribution in German speaking countries."

Emacs, Perl, Linux, FreeBSD, Apache, Sendmail, Fetchmail, BIND, X

Windows, and indeed much of the foundation of the global Internet

owe their origins to a remarkable model of economic development

for software and platforms called Open Source.

"Just as the early microcomputer pioneers set the stage for

today's industry, Open Source software has set the stage for the

drama that is just unfolding, and that will lead to a radical

re-shaping of the computer industry landscape over the next five

to ten years," predicts publisher Tim O'Reilly.

"DOSMINIX for NT emulates the original Intel 86 processor and only has access to the memory originally available to the crummy little DOS box. But it provides a great opportunity to mess around with a UN*X box on an NT machine with little or no CPU and memory overhead."

"I am going to make the argument that Hackers do not generally Hack because they have to for work. Instead, it is their passion, their life, in a dramatic way.

Also, I'm going to make the argument that, and this is not how ESR feels, Hackers can be non-contributing authors to the code base of the world. That code base

is better known as Open Source or Free Software today."

"This place seems about as good as any to reflect on the past 12 months. Like most of the people stopping here to fill up their gas tanks and grab an In-N-Out double animal burger for the road, the open source community, or at least the businesses around open source software, seems to be in a hurry to reach an unclear

destination."

"We hear a lot about Linux advocacy. LUGs are big on it, and there's even a mini-HOWTO about how best to snag new converts. In the vein of religiosity, many big companies have an on-board, full-blown Linux evangelist. But what are these evangelists and advocates telling everyone about Linux and Open Source?"

"This article will cover the reaction to SSL and SSH being "dead," as well as numerous implementation issues I did not cover. The real issue is that technology

cannot solve problems completely."

Beverly Hills florist Floral & Hardy is migrating their website, florist.com, to Akopia's Interchange 4.6 open source e-commerce software. The website is now set to cast open source Interchange in a starring e-commerce application role -- with open source stars Apache and OpenBSD likely to be cast in their usual supporting roles.

Beverly Hills florist Floral & Hardy is migrating their website, florist.com, to Akopia's Interchange 4.6 open source e-commerce software. The website is now set to cast open source Interchange in a starring e-commerce application role -- with open source stars Apache and OpenBSD likely to be cast in their usual supporting roles.

One constant in the debate surrounding Open Source Software has been the claim that Open Source Software has only a limited claim on the heartstrings of software developers because most PC userland software such as accounting packages, etc., is not as "sexy" as compilers, etc. So they won't be developed, or won't develop quite as fast as compilers, etc.