[Cialug] "Open Source Software Advisory" at ISU

[D. Joe Anderson]

sorry.  got the subject wrong.

On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 01:53:11PM -0500, D. Joe Anderson wrote:
> 
> OK, so let's overlook for now the confusion over the term "licensed" and not
> quibble--for the moment--over the "open" vs "freedom" thing.
> 
> I'm well pleased to see at least part of ISU make this sort of statement:
> 
>       "There exists a growing number of freely available high-quality software
>       packages based on open-source development models.  Many of these software
>       packages are designed to interoperate with and act as functional
>       replacements for licensed, proprietary software. More use of open-source
>       software in our curriculum would result in an enhancement of student
>       learning and a decreased reliance on university maintained computer
>       laboratories, given that this software can be installed on personal
>       computers.  LASCAC encourages departments to explore the use of open-source
>       software in courses and to install such packages on computers in public
>       laboratories."
> 
> Then follows a list of recommended free software (well, except for the
> numerical computing package, which isn't free or open source, so far as I
> can tell):
> 
> http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:UqUtuog7AKgJ:www.las.iastate.edu/faculty_and_staff/forms/lascac_cfp_2006-2007.doc+LASCAC+site:iastate.edu&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=firefox-a
> 
> Damn shame this had to wait until after I'd left, though ;-)
> 
> -- 
> Joe
>