New Book by Steve Weber

Professor Steve Weber, one of ICSI's Faculty Associates, has recently had a book published by Harvard University Press called The Success of Open Source. Excerpts from the book are available on the Global Business Network website. There is also an article about the book in the April 19, 2004 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Weber's book discusses the growing popularity of open-source software, such as the Linux operating system, and says that "Open source is not just for hackers. It's a new way of organizing people to create complex products in a knowledge-based economy."

Researchers at ICSI are directly involved in the development of open-source software. One project, which is part of a UC Berkeley project, Information and Communication Technology for Billions (ICT4B), aims to bring technology to billions of people all over the world. Another ICSI open-source project is the XORP (eXtensible Open Router Platform) project which has recently attracted significant media attention.

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