Red Hat Teams with UNC and the North Carolina Research Campus to Bring Open
Source Philosophy to Campus
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| "I believe that the best tool to link such widely different settings
| with widely different technology needs will be open source software.
| Such software will allow healthcare providers in multiple locations
| to share clinical data more effectively, more quickly and at a lower
| cost, while not sacrificing patient privacy," Dr. Pisano continued.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070418/20070418005624.html?.v=1
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Open Source University: Getting Students Involved
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| Theory versus practice - I don't think there?s a better solution in
| making sure that software developers are ready for the challenges of
| tomorrow than catching them while they are still in school, and thenp
| lugging them into an open source software project.
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http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=7759
UK students offered cash for open source software
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| British university students are being offered cash incentives to
| write open source software - and the first beneficiary is a Python
| programmer from Swansea.
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| The UK Free Software Network (UKFSN), a small Hertfordshire-based
| internet service provider, has announced it will use its profits
| to form a fund benefitting students developing software that can
| be modified by its end users.
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| [...]
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| "There's a lot of work to be done," Price, a former president of
| the university's computer society, told Ping Wales. "A constraint
| I have to follow is the GNU Free Software Definition.
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http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2007/01/11/UKFSN-Price.html
Push for open access to research
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| "Cancer patients seeking information on new treatments or parents
| searching for the latest on childhood development issues were often
| denied access to the research they indirectly fund through their
| taxes"
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6404429.stm
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