http://ipinthedigitalage.com/the-end-of-an-era-yale%e2%80%99s-contributions-to-and-use-of-open-source-software/ CPSC 182 at Yale College Mon, 18 May 2009 01:26:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://ipinthedigitalage.com/the-end-of-an-era-yale%e2%80%99s-contributions-to-and-use-of-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1930 Michael L Mon, 18 May 2009 01:26:09 +0000 http://ipinthedigitalage.com/?p=666#comment-1930 How sad...Technology and Planning's done a lot, it's a shame they're being disbanded.... How sad…Technology and Planning’s done a lot, it’s a shame they’re being disbanded….

]]> http://ipinthedigitalage.com/the-end-of-an-era-yale%e2%80%99s-contributions-to-and-use-of-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Brian L Fri, 15 May 2009 02:22:06 +0000 http://ipinthedigitalage.com/?p=666#comment-1925 This was really well done! I found it very interesting that Yale's open source developments first emerged out of necessity when there were not even off-the-shelf operating system available to run on the university's equipment. Perhaps the thriving industry of higher education software has made it easier for Yale to justify its disengagement from open source projects. From your documentary, it's pretty clear that this is a poor decision, seeing as Yale and its peer schools truly reap major benefits from being able to collaborate on things like CAS and SAKAI that are made by universities for universities with the programmers (who can make modifications relatively easily when need be) working in-house. I really hope Yale will see the light! This was really well done! I found it very interesting that Yale’s open source developments first emerged out of necessity when there were not even off-the-shelf operating system available to run on the university’s equipment. Perhaps the thriving industry of higher education software has made it easier for Yale to justify its disengagement from open source projects. From your documentary, it’s pretty clear that this is a poor decision, seeing as Yale and its peer schools truly reap major benefits from being able to collaborate on things like CAS and SAKAI that are made by universities for universities with the programmers (who can make modifications relatively easily when need be) working in-house. I really hope Yale will see the light!

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