Open Source in Education
Factors affecting the use of open source software in tertiary education institutions : "Open Source Software (OSS) describes software released under a particular style of license which requires the distribution of the software’s source code when any binaries are provided. Typically, open source software is available for no cost and has large numbers of developers adding new features and fixing bugs. Many examples have gained the reputation of being feature–rich, reliable, robust and secure. These attributes make OSS of particular interest to tertiary education institutions (TEIs), increasingly concerned with escalating software licensing costs. Security is becoming another driver towards OSS with the never–ending deluge of attacks against Microsoft–based systems and the constant requirement to update these systems against new vulnerabilities."
Posted by gsiemens at February 12, 2004 1:17 AM