Universities build open source enterprise applications
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| A group of U.S. universities is blazing a new path in open source software.
| They're building a set of enterprise applications — the big, important,
| mission-critical ones that have long been the exclusive domain of software
| companies such as Oracle, SAP and Microsoft.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/032708-universities-open-source.html
Open-source innovation conference April 4-5
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| The Center for Research on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CRIE) at the School
| of Law will host "Open-Source and Proprietary Models of Innovation: Beyond
| Ideology," April 4-5 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall.
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http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11310.html
Free Online College Courses Are Proliferating
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| The movement started in the late 1990s, inspired in part by the "open source"
| software movement, based on the notion computer programs should be free.
| Open-source software now powers more than half the world's servers and about
| 18% of its browsers, according to TheCounter.com, a Web-analysis service by
| Connecticut-based Internet publisher Jupitermedia Corp. Behind its success
| are copyright licenses that allow users to use, change and then redistribute
| the software. Another inspiration was the proliferation of Web sites where
| millions share photos or write encyclopedia entries.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120664000282069051.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Related and recent:
UP Colleges computerize Student Council elections
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| To be used will be the Halalan Voting System, a Linux-based application
| developed by UP students, which will run on existing computers in the
| participating colleges.
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| [...]
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| “Halalan had initially been conceived to run on the UP Diliman campus’ wide
| area network (WAN). But unresolved issues on the reliability of its
| connectivity caused the application to be made to run in its backup mode, via
| LAN in colleges opting to adopt it,” said John Bitanga, Unplug president, who
| also spoke with Tech Times.
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| “Halalan is basically a relational database system running on SUSE Linux.
| When first used in 2007, its developer platform was PostSQL. However, it has
| been enhanced this year and migrated to the MySQL platform. Both run on Open
| Source,” Bitanga added.
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http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/feb/11/yehey/techtimes/20080211tech1.html
Harvard Research to Be Free Online
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| Harvard University will soon begin posting research and articles produced by
| its faculty on the Internet free of charge.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/books/14arts-HARVARDRESEA_BRF.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
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