L.A.M.P. refers to a toolset consisting of Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP|Perl|Python|Postgresql... providing a powerful framework for rapid development of robust solutions. Each component is open source and has proven to be enterprise ready.
Nortel Uses Linux On Switch - Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit... see how Nortel used this invitation only event to get to know Linux development culture and customs to get their patch into the kernel. more
OpenCourseWare is MIT's gift to to world. Astounding and precient all at the same time. The author collects everything you need to get started. more
This is an excellent read. BBC interviews book publisher Tim O'Reilly on technology, geeks and the cutting edge. more
SchoolTool.org: Complete school management system. more
You had better commit all this to memory. A good man and immensely effective open source advocate, John Terpstra tells it like it is. more
Java isn't open source, never has been and you can see how it's deviated from the needs of the majority of developers... in steps php.
Marc Andreessen, Netscape creator, speaks at the Zend/Php Conference on Java's shortcomings and sees php as it's successor. more
Apache Friends is a non-profit organization based in Germany with similar goals as LAMPgroup. They have been running since 2002 and I have used their XAMPP (Apache/MySQL/PHP/Perl/MyPHPAdmin/Webalizer...) prepackaged stack for a couple of years on both Windows and Linux.
XAMP also provides a nice admin tool to start and stop the services and is easy to deinstall.
I just posted a major update to my guide, Install & Configure Apache with PHP, JSP, MySQL, and PHPMyAdmin on Windows 2000/XP. The update includes all the latest versions of Apache, PHP, JSP, MySQL, and PHPMyAdmin. There's been a lot of great feedback on the original post.