Public Universities Should Use Open Source Software

Some powerful arguments.

Generic computers and open source software

The combination of generic hardware and open source software makes sense because of the reasons list here.

Handbook of Open Source Tools

Very handy reference book about open source software tools.

Openair project

The openair project creates open source tool for analyzing air pollution data.

Google and Apple...

I like this guy's arguments.

When using open source makes you an enemy of the state

According to this post, a US copyright lobby has long trying to make the case that using open source software is the same thing as using pirate software.

Apple may just be worse than Microsoft

• http://www.workswithu.com/2008/10/20/apple-a-bigger-open-source-enemy-than-microsoft/
• http://lifehacker.com/5324724/bad-apple-an-argument-against-buying-an-iphone
  

Endnote and Openoffice

The new Endnote (X3) supports Openoffice. This is a positive development.

Open source and acedemia

Interesting materials:
http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/tayloriley/intro.html