Sun: Trying to do the right thing
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| If you look at the major Sun contributions over the years - OpenOffice, Java,
| OpenSolaris, Netbeans, GlassFish, GNOME, and more recently the purchase of
| MySQL, the only one of these projects which has been Sun approaching an
| existing community project and participating in it is GNOME. MySQL is also a
| special case, where Sun acquired GPL software.
|
| [...]
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| Personally, I’d like to see as much energy going into helping Sun get things
| right as is currently going into knocking every effort they make to do so on
| their own. There are a great many people at Sun who don’t get it, and a great
| many who do. I’d like the latter to win through.
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http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/04/28/sun-trying-to-do-the-right-thing/
Georgia Tech Contracts with Unicon to Develop CalDAV Support in Sakai
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| It's thrilling to see support for another open standard in Sakai. Even more
| impressive, though, is the leadership that Georgia Tech and Unicon are
| showing in ensuring this project is built to benefit the entire Sakai
| community,” said Michael Korcuska, executive director for the Sakai
| Foundation. “In the long run, I'm sure Georgia Tech will benefit from this
| approach as more community members make contributions to advancing CalDAV
| support in Sakai."
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http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080428006057&newsLang=en
Peer development. Take and give.
Recent:
Moodle - the open source software that's getting serious
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| One of the biggest outbreaks of open source software has been in the learning
| business and a clear leader is emerging - software called Moodle, now used
| for on-line learning on 40,000 web sites.
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http://www.onrec.com/newsstories/21153.asp
Related:
Taking the Open Road: University Libraries Explore Options
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| Open source learning management system Moodle alone is now used in 56
| percent of universities since its introduction three years ago, and
| the Open University has moved over to it wholesale. Supporters say
| open source LMS tend to be more modular and make it much easier for
| libraries to contribute content than is the case with
| commercial solutions.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59219.html
Kineo predicts growth in open source e-learning and provides free insights
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| "In the LMS space, we have been hugely impressed with Moodle's offering.
| We embrace the open source spirit in which Moodle has been, and continues
| to be developed. We have provided customised Moodle installations for
| several of our clients, giving it a look and feel bespoke to their
| organisations. We would urge anyone considering a commercial LMS to
| give an open source option such as Moodle serious consideration first."
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http://www.clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/22873005cp.shtml
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