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Thursday, August 15, 2002
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0233.pdf The Open-Source Movement Thomas Warger The open-source movement is surfacing more and more often as an undercurrent in the busy flow of discussion swirling around software development in higher education. Most often it comes up for mention as a response to the increasing predomination of commercial, proprietary software in use on campuses. As operating systems, development tools, desktop applications, and enterprise software all have become large, complicated, and expensive, an increasing number of IT professionals are looking for not just alternative products and sources, but at a different way to develop and support software. If open-source fulfills its proponents’ hopes to even a modest degree, the effect on IT practices in higher education will be substantial....
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