内容简介
FromtheInternet'sinfrastructuretooperatingsystemslikeGNU/Linux,theopensourcemovementcomprisessomeofthegreatestaccomplishmentsincomputingoverthepastquartercentury.Itsstoryembracestechnologicaladvances,unprecedentedglobalcollaboration,andremarkabletoolsforfacilitatingdistributeddevelopment.TheevolutionoftheInternetenabledanenormousexpansionofopendevelopment,allowingdeveloperstoexchangeinformationandideaswithoutregardtoconstraintsofspace,time,ornationalboundary.Themovementhashadwidespreadimpactoneducationandgovernment,aswellashistoricculturalandcommercialrepercussions.PartIdiscusseskeyopensourceapplications,platforms,andtechnologiesusedinopendevelopment.PartIIexploressocialissuesrangingfromdemographicsandpsychologytolegalandeconomicmatters.PartIIIdiscussestheFreeSoftwareFoundation,opensourceinthepublicsector(governmentandeducation),andfutureprospects.
作者简介
FadiP.DeekreceivedhisPh.D.inComputerandInformationSciencefromtheNewJerseyInstituteofTechnology(NJIT).HeisDeanoftheCollegeofScienceandLiberalArtsandProfessorofInformationSystems,InformationTechnology,andMathematicalSciencesatNJIT,wherehebeganhisacademiccareerasaTeachingAssistantin1985.HeisalsoamemberoftheGraduateFaculty-RutgersUniversityPh.D.PrograminManagement.JamesA.M.McHughreceivedhisPh.D.degreeinAppliedMathematicsfromtheCourantInstituteofMathematicalSciences,NewYorkUniversity.Duringthecourseofhiscareer,hehasbeenamemberoftechnicalstaffatBellTelephoneLaboratories(WavePropagationLaboratory),DirectorofthePh.D.programincomputerscienceattheNewJerseyInstituteofTechnology,ActingChairofComputerandInformationScienceDepartmentatNJIT,andDirectorofthePrograminInformationTechnology.HeiscurrentlyatenuredFullProfessorintheComputerScienceDepartmentatNJIT.