i just can get hold of book number one, but version 2.0 should be out there ...

com' on acm ..

A group of government officials from 13 nations will present a 33-page report at the World Bank calling for the international adoption of open-information technology standards, which are seen as critical to the expansion of economic growth, innovation, and efficiency (nyt)

oh, and i hear them saying: no it's not open source, that's a marketing term, of people who don't understand. it's just real if you call it free software. still waiting for the text " you don't need an enemy when you got such friends" but i haven't go it yet ... ok, they call it "using more free, open-source software" in the article ...

reading at chris: semasiology of open source. no idea what that should be, but found a typical answer at itconversation, 2004:

... So, last year about two days after OSCON, Nat said, my talk in this year, 'What's your talk about� so I didn't know and I came up with something on the spur the moment that was The Semasiology of Open Source. And since I did go to Catholic school, I felt guilty like I really actually have to talk about this now! ...