NCSA's CyberCollaboratory community thrives on open source
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| Jim Myers, associate director for Cyberenvironments at NCSA, says open source
| is important because of the heavy customization needed to connect the
| component requirements of different researchers. Cyberenvironments integrates
| distributed computing and data resources to provide new scientific processes
| and greater productivity for researchers in disparate locations.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/118675
Related:
Government agencies embracing open source: Australian Government Information
Management Office [AGIMO]
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| Two in three (68 percent) of respondents to an AGIMO survey of
| federal government agencies said they are actively using FOSS.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Government-agencies-embracing-open-source-AGIMO/0,130061733,339279972,00.htm
Does FAR include open source software?
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| FAR, of course, requires agencies look at what commercial software
| when procuring a new application, as commercial software can, of
| course, offer a lower-cost alternative than commissioning a contractor
| to write a program anew. Wheeler argues that open source software,
| even when available for free, still should be considered commercial
| software. As a result, "An agency that fails to consider OSS options
| is in direct violation of the FAR, because it would be failing to
| consider commercial items," he wrote.
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http://www.gcn.com/blogs/tech/44626.html
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