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Scholarly Journal Goes to 'Open' Peer Review  Chronicle of Higher Education 

Open Source Presentation at LITE

Submitted Article on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 18:04

LAFAYETTE, La. - Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) has joined forces with the Acadiana Open Source group to help educate the community on open source technologies, and will be holding their first meeting of the New Year at LITE on January 27 at 6:30 p.m.

Interview with Computer Science's Frank Ducrest

ultoday.com Staff on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 12:51

Frank Ducrest does not have a PhD. He does not produce a lot of research. He describes himself as a "grunt." And yet, he is one of the most popular teachers in computer science, and is the students' go-to guy for technical support; for trouble-shooting open source platforms, he is the first person most people call. ultoday.com visited with him recently.

Saving Money with Open Source

Joe Abraham on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 05:26

Trillions of dollars every year are spent worldwide on software, when free (and often superior) replacements are available for everyone to use.

Open Source: What It Is & Why You Should Care

Submitted Article on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 07:24

Acadiana Open Source Group organizer Matt Turland talks about free software, why it's free, and where to get it.

The Most Powerful Generation

Joe Abraham on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 10:39

Recently a young person told me that, compared to the college students of the '60's and '70's, today's students feel less powerful. They don't have the clout that young people did 30, 40 years ago.Let me be blunt: Today's students are the most powerful generation in the history of the world.