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1 INTRODUCTION _ 7 1.1 Background 7 1.2 Aim of the Thesis 9 1.3 Research Question _ 9 1.4 Method 9 1.5 Limitations _ 9

2 THEORETICAL STUDIES OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE _ 10 2.1 Introduction _ 10

5 CONCLUSIONS 39

6 REFERENCES _ 41 6.1 The Open Source Initiative (OSI) References 41 6.2 PERL References 41 6.3 Sendmail References 41 6.4 Microsoft References _ 42 6.5 Apache References _ 42 6.6 Linux / RedHat References _ 42 6.7 Books 42 6.8 GNU References _ 43 6.9 Other References _ 43 6.10 MySQL References _ 44 6.11 Netscape / Mozilla References 44

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