Short Open Source Quiz

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Hi Everybody,

Please try out the following Open Source Quiz at:

http://www.knowledge-pills.com/comkp1/kp/series/005_INFORMATION%20SYSTEMS/002_DEMO_Open%20Source,%20every%20one%20has%20got%20an%20interest/the07/01the07z.htm

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questions:

1. Who created Linux?
A. Linus Torjvalds
B. Richard Stallman
C. Eric Raymond

2. Which was the first commercial company to put its software in Open
Source?
A. IBM
B. Netscape
C. Microsoft

3. Is Apache the Web server with the largest market share?
* True
* False

4. Open Source software is generally more expensive for its users.
* True
* False

5. What is source code?
A. It's the binary program which is run by the computer.
B. It's the collection of program instructions as they are written, in
a legible manner by the programmer.
C. It's code intended to improve the security of software programs.

6. Copyleft is the clause in the GPL license which forces to make
public the source code of any development derived from programs
obtained within the scope of this license.
* True
* False

7. Programmers that work on Open Source projects are specially
attracted by the short term financial profits they can make.
* True
* False

8. What organization defines Open Source rules?
A. The Open Source Institute
B. The Open Source Committee
C. The Open Source Initiative
D. The Open Source Board

9. Was the GPL license invented by Richard Stallman?
* True
* False

10. MySql, Samba and Perl are Open Source software.
* True
* False
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Hope you all will enjoy doing this simple quiz!

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Kin Chew