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[|Open source] is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. Open souce is a better quality,lower cost and its a higher realiability.The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit corporation formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community.One of our most important activities is as a standards body, maintaining the Open Source Definition for the good of the community. The Open Source Initiative Approved License trademark and program creates a nexus of trust around which developers, users, corporations and governments can organize open-source cooperation.( http://www.opensource.org/)
 * What is Open Source Software?**

__ **Revolution OS** __ media type="google" key="7707585592627775409&hl=en" width="400" height="326" "Revolution OS is a 2001 documentary which traces the history of GNU, Linux, and the open source and free software movements. It features several interviews with prominent hackers and entrepreneurs (and hackers-cum-entrepreneurs), including Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Larry Augustin, Eric S. Raymond, Bruce Perens, Frank Hecker and Brian Behlendorf. The film begins in medias res with an IPO, and then sets the historical stage by showing the beginnings of software development back in the day when software was shared on paper tape for the price of the paper itself. It then segues to Bill Gates's Open Letter to Hobbyists in which he asks Computer Hobbyists to not share, but to buy software. (This letter was written by Gates when Microsoft was still based in Arizona and spelled "Micro-Soft".) Richard Stallman then explains how and why he left the MIT Lab for Artificial Intelligence in order to devote his life to the development of free software, as well as how he started with the GNU project. Linus Torvalds is interviewed on his development of the Linux kernel as well as on the GNU/Linux naming controversy and Linux's further evolution, including its commercialization. Richard Stallman remarks on some of the ideological aspects of open source vis-á-vis Communism and capitalism and well as on several aspects of the development of GNU/Linux. Michael Tiemann (interviewed in a desert) tells how he met Stallman and got an early version of Stallman's GCC and founded Cygnus Solutions. Larry Augustin tells how he combined the resulting GNU software and a normal PC to create a UNIX-like Workstation which cost one third the price of a workstation by Sun Microsystems even though it was three times as powerful. His narrative includes his early dealings with venture capitalists, the eventual capitalization and commodification of Linux for his own company, VA Linux, and ends with its IPO. Frank Hecker of Netscape tells how Netscape executives released the source code for Netscape's browser, one of the signal events which made Open Source a force to be reckoned with by business executives, the mainstream media, and the public at large. (this text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License)"
 * __Some Involved__

**__** Linus Torvalds **__ - known as the iniator for [|linux kernel] which is one of the most prominent examples of [|Open Source]software and was also released under the [|GNU] General Public License. On june of 2003, Linus began to focus more on Linux kernel and began to work under the auspices of the Open Source Development Labs//(OSDL)// a consortium formed by high-tech companies which include IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, AMD, RedHat, Novell and others. The purpose of the consortium is to promote Linux development. OSDL merged with The Free Standards Group in January 2007 to become The Linux Foundation.(http://www.linux.org/info/linus.html)

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__** Richard Stallman **__ - Born in New York City in 1953, [|Richard Matthew Stallman] started the influential GNU project in 1984. Stallman joined the group of hackers at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 1971.(http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/)

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__**Bill Gates**__ - [|William (Bill) H. Gates] is chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. He established the [|Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation] in 2000.(http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/bio.mspx)

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**Michael Tiemann** - [|Michael Tiemann] graduated fro the [|University of Pennsylvania] in 1986. In 1987 he realized that GNU software was some of the best software to be found anywhere.(http://people.redhat.com/tiemann/)

media type="youtube" key="YFCwlRL84zY&hl=en" height="344" width="425" Micheal Tiemann co-founder Cygnus Solutions states how, with the help of the GNU Project software and Richard Stallman, he learned to develop free(unrestricted) software. During his career Tiemann spent a long time downloading GNU software.

__ **Larry Augustin** __- Larry Augustin is an angel investor and advisor to early stage technology companies. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Compiere, Fonality, Hyperic, Medsphere, Pentaho, SugarCRM, and XenSource. One of the group who coined the term "Open Source", he has written and spoken extensively on Open Source worldwide. Worth Magazine named him to their list of the Top 50 CEOs in 2000.(http://lmaugustin.typepad.com/About/index.html)

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