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An Abbreviated History of ACP, One of the Oldest Open Source Applications
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| If I asked you to tell me the first software that was made available as open
| source, you probably would point to something that came out of ARPAnet, such
| as TCP/IP; I dare say you would at least mention one of the fundamental
| pieces of the Internet. But I gently brushed against an earlier computing
| endeavor that might qualify as the first open source application: IBM's
| Airline Control Program, or ACP. If ACP was not among the first open source
| apps â assuming we use the definition, "of or relating to or being computer
| software for which the source code is freely available" â then it was
| certainly an influence. Yet, in my old fuddy-duddiness, I'm surprised by how
| few people actually know ACP even existed. Especially since I think a few
| tendrils of its source code helped you make it onto your airplane flight
| today.
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http://www.itworld.com/print/75218
A Toolkit of Back to School Open Source Apps
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| Lyx - If you do a lot of academic writing, theses, or scientific papers, Lyx
| will make sure the structure of your documents meets formal acceptance
| requirements. This app helps you with those niggling formatting details, and
| includes several templates to get you up and running in no time. It also
| includes a mathematical formula editor, support for several graphic formats,
| and shared geometry settings for multiple figures.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/a-toolkit-of-back-to-school-open-source-apps
Related:
LyX - A mighty document processor
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| If you're looking into impressing your colleagues, you boss - even yourself,
| I can think of no simpler or easier way. Grab this fabulous piece of
| software, start typing and that's it. You'll have superbly laid out documents
| ready in seconds. Just try it. You won't be disappointed.
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http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/lyx.html
What's new in LyX 1.6?
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| The development of LyX 1.6.0 took off in July 2007. In November 2008, LyX
| 1.6.0 was finally released. Here's an overview of the major new features that
| were implemented.
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http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16
LyX 1.6 is ready for release
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| This month saw the release of LyX 1.6 release candidate 1. Occupying a
| position somewhere between a word processor and a mark-up editor, LyX is
| designed to meet the needs of professional and academic writers by allowing
| them to focus on their content rather than formatting and layout. It achieves
| this by eschewing some of the WYSIWYG conventions of a word processor. We've
| covered LyX in the past, so this time we'll focus on the enhancements that
| the 1.6 release brings with it.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/145635
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