Research Reference

• Blackadder, D.. (2009, April). Open Source Software. Our Times, 28(2), 9. Retrieved October 4, 2011, from Alt-Press Watch (APW). (Document ID: 1729111061). Retrieved October 5, 2011, from Proquest Click Here To Go

Derek Blackadder is a national representative with the Canadian Union of Public Employees and senior Canadian correspondent for LabourStart.org. He states the advantages and disadvantages of open source software by pointing out the difference between Firefox vs Microsoft's software and Facebook vs Unionbook.

• Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona. (2000, April). Brief History of Open Source. Free Software / Open Source: Information Society Opportunities for Europe, 4-7. Retrieved October 5, 2011, from Click Here To Go

The author, Jesús M. González-Barahona, is currently researching and teaching in Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid. He has a PhD. in Telecommunications and experience in working for the industry. The document itself is backed up by multiple creditable sources.

• Kerner, S. (2006, June 27). What's The Top IDE?. Internet News. Retrieved October 6, 2011, from Click Here To Go

This newspaper article gives stats based on study research from Evan Data on what is the top used IDE. Evan Data is a professional market research company which I believe is reliable.

• Markoff, J. (2007, November 4). I, Robot: The Man Behind the Google Phone. The New York Times. Retrieved October 6, 2011, from Click Here To Go

John Markoff is the senior writer for The New York Times, writes for the paper's science section. So his writings are defiantly good source.

• Reynolds, C. (2011). Open Source, Open Standards, and Health Care Information Systems. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 13(3). Retrieved October 6, 2011, from Click Here To Go

The author of the article doesn't receive any material benefit from software standards organizations or from software and his opinions are backed up by references so I consider this reliable.

• Rothwell, R. (2008, November 8). Creating wealth with free software. Free Software Magazine, 2008-08-05. Retrieved October 6, 2011, from Click Here To Go

Though the magazine's article itself is opinion oriented, the evidence and stats are from a paid, well known research group.

• Wheeler, D. (2007, April 16). Why Open Source Software . David A. Wheeler's Personal Home Page. Retrieved October 4, 2011, from Click Here To Go

David A. Wheeler, a professor in Department of Computer Science at GMU, gave in depth details on the advantages on Open Source software supported by statistics and market studies.

Media Reference

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CNET Insider Secrets - Open Source Free Software[Video]. (2007). Retrieved November 9, 2011, from Click Here To Go Has good source of information on benifits of open source software and pretty much summarizes my paper.