Start Using Bigger Words: MIT declares it's now "Web Science"
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| Time to start using more double negatives and longer words, because what
| we do is now a formal academic discipline to be henceforth referred to
| as none other than the not unsavory, yet somewhat ambiguous token
| "Web Science".
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http://www.threadwatch.org/node/9801
The Web operates like Open Source software and the two benefit one another
reciprocally.
It is the transition to Open sciences that recognises the importance of the
Web. 'Dinosaur' computers did not have these key notions and they never
learned to cope with them (for example consider where Windows stands in
network security).
Education, much in line with industry's needs, evolves. Last week I read
about Open Source degrees and courses as well. Brace yourselves for change.
Yesterday:
Open Source: The Wave of the Future
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| Question: Do you see the trend continuing, or is it only short term?
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| Dalle: We think that this is a long-lasting trend that has been enabled
| by the Internet as a platform, which has facilitated collaboration and
| sharing of code. That really has been the driving factor of the open
| source movement. It was out there for awhile, but the Internet as a
| collaboration platform has really allowed this business model to
| explode. Obviously, software is an evolution. ... It will continue
| to make leaps and bounds, but going forward, to a large extent, if
| it's addressing big enough markets, open source will be the
| development and distribution approach.
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http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=21635
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