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NASA Makes Space for Open Source Software
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| To aid in software development, NASA created CoLab, a blend of virtual and
| physical coworking environments. Since community members are spread out all
| over the globe, a lot of collaboration activity takes place on a private
| island in Second Life, a virtual world built around an open source framework.
| NASA even has its own OSI-approved software license, the NASA Open Source
| Agreement, to apply to software created for the agency.
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| NASA's Ames Research Center recently developed a bug tracker written with
| open source Bugzilla tools. The Problem Reporting Analysis and Corrective
| Action (PRACA) system provides a single trouble ticket database that's
| available to everyone involved in the Shuttle program, clearly a better
| solution than the 40 different databases it has amassed over the last 30
| years.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/nasa-makes-space-for-open-source-software
The Role of Open Source in Data Integration
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| Open source data integration tools can provide the cost advantages of hand‐
| coding with the productivity advantages of traditional data integration
| software. They are established in the developer tools market which has been
| the traditional stronghold of open source software. Expect open source to be
| a key component of data integration (and especially of operational data
| integration) in the near future, similar to the way it is a key component of
| application development environments today.
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http://www.infoq.com/vendorcontent/show.action?vcr=564
Recent:
NASA's MMO Video Game To Have A Linux Port?
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| This game is still a ways from being released, but at the heart of this game
| is the Unreal Engine 3 -- the same engine that powers Unreal Tournament 3,
| America's Army 3, and dozens of other titles. Unreal Engine 3 is a
| multi-platform engine that has an OpenGL renderer and is compatible with Mac
| OS X and Linux even though we haven't seen any titles be released yet for
| Linux.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzA4NA
Bugzilla 3.2 has shiny NASA interface enhancements
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| Mozilla has announced the official release of Bugzilla 3.2, a significant new
| version that adds a large number of major improvements.
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/12/01/bugzilla-3-2-has-shiny-nasa-interface-enhancements
Related:
NASA turns to open-source problem-tracking databases
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| The software, called the Problem Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action
| (PRACA) system, was created by the Human-Computer Interaction Group at NASA's
| Ames Research Center, and is designed to give a wide cross-section of people
| in the Space Shuttle ecosystem access to a single database package for
| tracking problems with the Shuttle and its associated infrastructure.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10097880-52.html
Bugzilla used to build shuttle bug-tracking package
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| The primary Open Source package used was Bugzilla, from the Mozilla
| Foundation. According to Vera, not only is the new system much less expensive
| and more streamlined than the software it replaces, it is also much easier to
| maintain. Rather than having to submit desired changes to the developers of
| proprietary problem tracking systems and wait for the revisions to be
| returned, NASA developers can make changes to PRACA on their own, often on
| the fly.
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http://tech.blorge.com/Structure%20/2008/11/15/bugzilla-used-to-build-shuttle-bug-tracking-package/
NASA ramps up weather research with [Linux-based] supercomputer cluster
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| NASA's Center for Computational Sciences is nearly tripling the performance
| of a supercomputer it uses to simulate Earth's climate and weather, and our
| planet's relationship with the Sun.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1045305927&rid=-50
Computer viruses in space!!
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| Maybe they should run Mac or Linux. Then they would have nothing to worry
| about at all, right?
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/computer_viruses_in_space
Malware infects space station laptops
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| Malware has managed to get off the planet and onto the International Space
| Station (ISS), NASA confirmed today. And it's not the first time that a worm
| or virus has stowed away on a trip into orbit.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9113654&intsrc=news_ts_head
NASA launches online historical image gallery
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| Internet Archive, founded in 1996 to create an Internet-based library, will
| manage and host NASA's new interactive image gallery on the cluster of 2,000
| Linux servers at its San Francisco headquarters, said John Hornstein,
| director of the NASA images project for the group. The non-profit currently
| runs 2 petabytes of storage, Hornstein said.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=281068211&rid=-50
Goddard's open source site
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| NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has established a Web
| site for open-source projects that were developed by center personnel for
| mission needs. By releasing such code into open source, NASA hopes to speed
| development of the software, as well as raise awareness of NASA research.
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http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/46759-1.html
NASA Uses Ubuntu
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| He and I walked back over behind the guy to look. I pointed out the little
| bit of the heron you could see at the bottom of the screen, and he said "yep,
| it's Hardy." Then he added, "look what else he's running." "What?" "Compiz.
| You can see the shadows on the panels."
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http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2008/07/nasa-uses-ubuntu.html
Fedora on the Final Frontier
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| There has been a long standing rumor regarding NASA running Fedora which all
| of us in the Fedora community have been always intrigued by. Is it true? What
| are they doing with it there? Why don't they run RHEL. Fortunately enough, a
| couple of weeks ago, I got to experience NASA behind the scenes, first hand,
| and hang out with the coolest members of the Fedora community, and find out
| the answer to these questions and lots more.
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http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2008/02/fedora-on-final-frontier.html
NASA tests Linux for spacecraft control
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| On the software side, embedded Linux vendor Wind River says it was selected
| to "support the development of NASA's New Millennium Program Space Technology
| 8 (ST8) Dependable Multiprocessor." As part of its role in supporting the
| project, the company will supply its Platform for Network Equipment, Linux
| Edition (PNE-LE) for use on the DM system.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5714800202.html
At NASA, Windows Vista Isn't Ready For Launch
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| Space agency among the growing list of federal agencies that
| have put a temporary hold on Windows Vista rollouts.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199201229
NASA tests Linux-based planetary surface exploration robots
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| A Linux-based NASA lunar rover is on maneuvers -- and Internet webcams
| -- this week in the Arizona desert near Meteor Crater.
|
| [...]
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| The K-10 runs Red Hat Linux, which NASA says was chosen for its large
| user base and application compatibility. Additionally, NASA notes that,
| "Linux's flexibility and scalability enable us to easily add, remove,
| and extend devices with minimal difficulty."
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4892438264.html
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