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By Sol E. Solomon, ZDNet Asia Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:48 AM The "open" characteristic of open source tools helps enhance, rather than complicate, the teaching process, say its exponents. Roman Tuma, software practice director at Sun Microsystems, Asia South, said the open source model offers an entirely new way for developers and "increasingly knowledgeable", interactive users to collaborate and build upon the shared work done in the development of OSS. Arun Kumar, senior director, services and pre-sales at Red Hat, emphasized in a phone interview that there are two types of learning--theoretical and hands-on practical learning.
"In the past, I was given a piece of software, I was told how it would work, and I had no way to contribute any kind of valuable feedback," he said. However, he added that with open source, the instructor, in a hands-on lesson on device drivers, would start teaching the theory aspect and then reveal the driver's actual source code to the students.
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Go For Open Source Code, Kalam Tells IT Industry |
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Go For Open Source Code, Kalam Tells IT Industry
The open source software movement in the country on Wednesday received a shot in the arm with President APJ Abdul Kalam goading the Indian IT industry to look at open source code instead of depending on proprietary solutions. source:financial express |
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Written by <a href="http://www.opensource-dtu.org/component/comprofiler/userprofile/sahilsk.html"><a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=62"><span class="small">Sahil Meena</span></a></a>
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 23:49 |
Sarvahitay is a Sanskrit word meaning benefit for all.We at open source Club at Delhi Technological University aim at benefiting the world through open source.
Our aim is to uplift open source development and to encourage future leaders to employ Open Source.We have also established an association with other universities working on Open Source to stay on track and to be aware of the ever changing world.
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 Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community.
One of our most important activities is as a standards body, maintaining the Open Source Definition for the good of the community. The Open Source Initiative Approved License trademark and program creates a nexus of trust around which developers, users, corporations and governments can organize open-source cooperation.
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