Understanding Open Source Software
Do you want to know more about how the internet works? Do you want to learn how to choose the right (open source) software for your business or website, and learn some nerd history along the way? Or how about just reading some dated and obscure cultural references? Most importantly, do you want to learn more about the software that already helps you and your website make money every day, without you even realizing it? If you answer “yes” to any of those questions, I’m your guy, and this is definitely the article for you. My bosses at Website Planet made a terrible mistake – uh, I mean, graciously gave me the opportunity to write at length about open source software, often referred to as OSS. If you surf the web in any fashion, then you use OSS every day, directly and indirectly. Because it’s everywhere on the internet, OSS and the community around it affect your bottom line, one way or another. The more you know about the software your bu...