This is the information I discussed during the directors meeting at the Alliance West Region Conference in July. It is from The Grantsmanship Magazine, Summer 2003. I hope it is useful. Lynne Leeper
What is open-source software?
www.opensource.org or
www.gnu.org or
www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,362400,00.asp
What's in an open-source software license?
www.gnu.org or
www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html
What's the cost justification for open-wource software?
www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html or
www.cyber.comau.cyber.about.linux_vs_windows_tco_comparison.pdf
Can I replace Microsoft Office with OpenOffice?
See OpenOffice reviewed at
www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,5398,00.asp
Where can I get OpenOffice?
www.openoffice.org
Can I replace windows with Linux?
See reviews at
www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,633883,00.asp and
www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,633867,00.asp
Where can I get Linux?
www.linux.org or
www.redhat.com or
www.unitedlinux.org.
Linux also comes on CDs packaged with instructional manuals available at most bookstores.
Is the OSS e-mail and calendar product Evolution a good replacement for Microsoft Outlook?
See review at:
www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,768073,oo.asp
Where can I get Evolution?
www.ximian.com/products/evolution
Where can I get Internet browser/e-mail programs such as Mozilla and
Opera?
www.mozilla.org,
www.opera.com
Where can I find a list of windows programs that run on Linux using WINE?
appdb.winehq.com
Where can my IT staff get open-source software?
www.sourceforge.net or
gd.tuwien.ac.at/ or
freshmeat.net or
www.linuxapps.com or
www.linux.tucows.com
Where can my IT staff get open-source programming languages?
www.activestate.com
Where can my IT staff get other open-source products?
www.apache.org or
www.mysql.com or
www.postgresql.org
Where can my IT staff get technical tutorials on OSS?
www.oreilly.com or
www.onlamp.com or at most bookstores.