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Government plans to put financial effort into Linux-based software; may rival Microsoft Windows in
one of world's fastest-growing technology markets, official says. [CNN.com]
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/11/05/china.linux.reut/
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IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines
From EUROPA Interchange of Data between Administrations, European Commission strategic initiative;
practical, detailed recommendations ton migrate to Open Source Software office programs,
calendaring, e-mail, others; developed with guidance from public sector IT experts of 9 nations;
418 pages; description, downloads.
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&parent=news&docume....
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Report: Japan, Korea, China to Break Windows Ties
Plans for governments and private sector firms of China, Japan, South Korea, to jointly work
together to develop new OS to rival Microsoft Windows to be unveiled later this week, according to
2 Japanese newspaper reports. [InfoWorld]
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/02/HNbreakties_1.html
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Japan, China, Korea May Develop Windows Replacement
Set to agree to jointly develop new OS as alternative to Microsoft Windows, Japan media reports; if
plan matures, the 3 nations will likely build on open source OS, such as Linux, and develop low
cost, trustworthy system. [Reuters]
http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsArticle.jsp;?type=technologyNews&locale=en_IN&storyI....
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Bart
Multivalue database virtual machine for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 with development tools; best
summed up as Pick for Windows, stable software, not commercial product but complete enough to be
considered Beta grade. [Free]
http://www.zillion.freeuk.com/bart/bart.html
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Japanese Manufacturers Back Off Proprietary OSes
Japanese consumer electronics makers are backing away from efforts to move proprietary OSs into
wider use, turning instead to open source OSs, mostly Linux. [EE Times]
http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/OEG20030123S0034
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Colelus
By Daybo Logic. Goals: make a programmers' OS, usable by all, not as complex as Unix, NT
compatible, but stable and free. Now ended; but all code, tools, libraries are archived for free
download. [Open Source]
http://www.daybologic.co.uk/colelus/
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XMLOS mailing list
eXtensible Markup Language OS; mailing list for XMLOS open source initiative, soon to be putting up
a website. To be built using XML, XSL, XSLT, and XQL.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xmlos/
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WebRing: Free Operating Systems
Several sites offering free OSs.
http://U.webring.com/hub?ring=freeos
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Stupid OS
OS from India, coded in assembly and C; news, source and binary downloads. [Open Source]
http://www.geocities.com/stupidosproject/
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Managing the Complexity Curve
Short paper explains ease, costs to maintain system changes over time. Two models contrasted:
closed vs. open source. For closed source, the more one knows, the harder it gets. For open source,
the more one knows, the easier it gets.
http://shearer.org/en/writing/moreyouknow.html
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Free Operating Systems
Short, annotated, alphabetically sorted list and links, part of larger system.
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/bridges/os/free.html
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Bill Currie kernel
DJGPP-built OS kernel. Does little so far, but may be used as starting point. Needs working GNU
C/C++ capable DJGPP sed, djasm, Bison, djp file compression.
http://www.taniwha.org/
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GeckOS/A65
Full-featured, preemptive multi-tasking/threading operating system for 6502. Implements some
Unix-like features: signals, semaphores, relocatable fileformat, standard library, internet support
via a type of simplified sockets, virtual consoles.
http://www.6502.org/users/andre/osa/
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Cefarix OS
New project, intended as stable, fast, secure, reliable, easy to use, 32-bit protected mode OS for
x86 and later PowerPC systems, open source, many features, graphical user interface (GUI), to
replace Microsoft Windows, all versions.
http://cefarix.sourceforge.net/
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KOSH: Community Operating System and Hardware
A concept that has been around in one form or another for many years. Its root is the failure of
single companies to address all the needs of all its customers, lack of interactivity,
communications, feedback and involvement between producer and consumer, and lack of radical
advancement and innovation due to fear of the producer in alienating its biggest customers.
http://kosh.convergence.org/
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BOS
Starting, in planning stage, with bootloader. Mix of DOS and Unix. Goals: modular, fast. Kernel is
pmode, command line is rmode. Written in assembly (NASM), C, C++ (GCC). [Open Source, GNU]
http://bos.sourceforge.net/
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LittleOS
New operating system. Goal: to be stable and easy to use. Everyone can join. In Français and
English. [Open Source]
http://littleos.free.fr/
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STORM
New free French OS with source!
http://members.aol.com/StormExplo/
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Corel's Open Source Development Community
Corel shows a strong commitment to the Open Source community and devotes large resources to
projects such as setup UI, WINE, printing technologies.
http://opensource.corel.com/
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Free Linux CD Project
Volunteers who send used Linux and other open source OS CDs to people who need them. Please
contribute your CDs or get a Free CD.
http://freelinuxcd.org/
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legOS
Unofficial, free Lego OS: open-source embedded OS for LEGO Mindstorms (Lego bricks with brains).
Compared to the standard software, it has far better performance and flexibility.
http://www.noga.de/legOS/
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FreeOS.com
Resource Center for Free Operating Systems: articles, documentation, download sites, news, links,
and anything related to all Free OSs.
http://www.freeos.com/
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InfiniteOS
An open source OS for the Mac. No real GUI yet, it is more of a CLI.
http://ios.sourceforge.net/
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