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Architecture Topics
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Future Topics

References
- Software Design
- Christopher Alexander's Patterns
- Software Patterns
- Lightweight Methods

Architecture & Object Technology Links

Free / Open Source Software Links

Twin Cities User Groups

Open Source

Free / Open Source Software (F/OSS) Resources

Example FOSS Technologies found in the Enterprise

• Linux/GNU  Operating System Distributions
• Apache Web Server and related projects
• Open Office Office Suite
• Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Java and others
• MySQL database
• CVS version control system

Example FOSS  Technologies found on the Linux, Mac, or Windows Desktop

• Linux/GNU  Operating System Distributions
• Open Office Office Suite
• Mozilla, FireFox, and Thunderbird (email client)

FOSS  Community Resources

• Free Software Foundation (FSF)
• Source Forge (Worlds Largest Open Source software development website)
• Groklaw (FOSS legal work group / blog run by Pamela Jones)
• Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS) References