世界各地成千上万的程序员提供了可免费使用的源代码：这就是被称为Open Source的软件革命的精神。如今，Open Source的领袖们第一次聚集到一起，讨论他们所开创的这个软件产业的未来前景。本书中的这些短文透析了Open Source的工作方式、其成功的原因，以及Open Source将去向何方。对于致力于Open Source项目的那些程序员来说，Open Source是一种新的信仰；这项运动的精神领袖们为这些程序员描绘了一幅美好的前景。对于将Open Source软件集成到企业运作中的那些公司来说，Open Source揭示了开放式开发如何能够构建出更好的软件，并揭示出企业如何利用这些免费的软件来取得商业竞争上的优势。对于今天的程序员来说，下面这些计算机高手是他们的偶像，这些人开发出了很多软件，包括：世界上最流行和Web服务器软件——Apache；除Redmond之外增长最快的操作系统——Linux；世界上最好的编辑器——Emacs；以及世界上最流行的脚本语言——Perl 对于企业的管理层和投资方来说,这场革命的先驱们带来了一种全新的经济模式,如Red Hat公司的总裁;Cygnus公司的合伙创始人；Netscape公司客房服务部的副总裁；以及Mozilla.org的管理者。从Eric Raymond到Bruce Perens，从Tim OReilly到Richard Stallman，这些梦想家们正在使得Open Source革命站在高科技产业的最前沿。随着本书的第一次印刷，读者将能够看到他们对当今现状的分析，以及对未来的展望。

开源软件是当今计算机工业界最具活力的领域，例如Linux这个公开了源代码的UNIX 操作系统在服务器市场上已经与许多大公司的产品分庭抗礼，而且日趋上风。Tim O＇Reilly 先生曾说过一句名言：“开源软件是计算机工业最宝贵的财富”。 　　这部著作收录了全球各位著名的开源软件运动的先锋（Brian Behlendorf，Larry Wall， Linus Torvalds，Tim O＇Reill

Open Sources 2.0 is a collection of insightful and thought-provoking essays from today's technology leaders that continues painting the evolutionary picture that developed in the 1999 book Open Voices from the Revolution . These essays explore open source's impact on the software industry and reveal how open source concepts are infiltrating other areas of commerce and society. The essays appeal to a broad the software developer will find thoughtful reflections on practices and methodology from leading open source developers like Jeremy Allison and Ben Laurie, while the business executive will find analyses of business strategies from the likes of Sleepycat co-founder and CEO Michael Olson and Open Source Business Conference founder Matt Asay. From China, Europe, India, and Brazil we get essays that describe the developing world's efforts to join the technology forefront and use open source to take control of its high tech destiny. For anyone with a strong interest in technology trends, these essays are a must-read. The enduring significance of open source goes well beyond high technology, however. At the heart of the new paradigm is network-enabled distributed the growing impact of this model on all forms of online collaboration is fundamentally challenging our modern notion of community. What does the future hold? Veteran open source commentators Tim O'Reilly and Doc Searls offer their perspectives, as do leading open source scholars Steven Weber and Sonali Shah. Andrew Hessel traces the migration of open source ideas from computer technology to biotechnology, and Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger and Slashdot co-founder Jeff Bates provide frontline views of functioning, flourishing online collaborative communities. The power of collaboration, enabled by the internet and open source software, is changing the world in ways we can only begin to imagine. Open Sources 2.0 further develops the evolutionary picture that emerged in the original Open Sources and expounds on the transformative open source philosophy. "This is a wonderful collection of thoughts and examples by great minds from the free software movement, and is a must have for anyone who follows free software development and project histories." --Robin Monks, Free Software Magazine The list of contributors include