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Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

Open Sources 2.0: Excellent Update to a Masterpiece

Just received my new book – Open Sources 2.0 – in the mail from Amazon.com. I have to admit the first 2 essays were excellent. It’s great to see the spirit and thought leadership of the open source community summarized succintly by some of the key players in the movement. Take a look as the collection aggregates works ranging from development to law and the business of open source. It has been edited by the great Python guru, Chris DiBona (now at Google).

From Amazon
Book Description
Open Sources 2.0 is a collection of insightful and thought-provoking essays from today’s technology leaders that continues painting the evolutionary picture that developed in the 1999 book Open Sources: Voices from the Revolution .

These essays explore open source’s impact on the software industry and reveal how open source concepts are infiltrating other areas of commerce and society. The essays appeal to a broad audience: the software developer will find thoughtful reflections on practices and methodology from leading open source developers like Jeremy Allison and Ben Laurie, while the business executive will find analyses of business strategies from the likes of Sleepycat co-founder and CEO Michael Olson and Open Source Business Conference founder Matt Asay.