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Re: [News] Open Source Comes to Maps, Books

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Mapping the Future of Open Source Data
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>| Data sharing may be the next logical step in the movement
>| toward open systems and networks.
> `----
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20061117/tc_cmp/194400701
> 
> 
> U.K.'s Pearson Tests The Group Dynamic For a 'Wiki' Book
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>| In a move that could shake up the book industry, publishing giant
>| Pearson PLC is joining with two top business schools to create a
>| business book authored and edited by a "wiki" -- an online
>| community dedicated to writing.
> `----
> 
> http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116365019587024790-8qqS0CnfjGAbgmtiwe1pO8jtJ0s_20071115.html
> 

There's little gap now between blogging, article writing, posting, etc.
These moves are more or less inevitable, I think.  Expect to see more
web world stuff in the arts generally, as artists learn what scientists
have known for a few generations - cooperation is better!

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> 
> Recently:
> 
> Movies Go Open Source With Stray Cinema Project
> 
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>| The raw footage from a film shot in London has been made
>| available for the public to download from the Stray Cinema
>| website. The idea is to provide people with the opportunity
>| to create their own version of the film, following the
>| guidelines set by the Open Source movement found in software
>| development and licensing.
> `----
> 
> http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=6740
> 
> Perspective:  Uncovering the secret sauce
> 
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>| Open-source software undoubtedly is playing a larger and more important 
>| role in the process of software development. By participating in 
>| open-source communities and incorporating the resulting software into their 
>| development efforts, companies are effectively including "ingredients" that 
>| are not their own.
> `----
> 
> http://news.com.com/Uncovering+the+secret+sauce/2010-7344_3-6136018.html
> 
> The Open Source concept is embraced everywhere, so the transition to OS
> software would seem natural and no longer daunting.


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| Mark Kent   --   mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk  |
Be sure to evaluate the bird-hand/bush ratio.

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