University launches ePresence Interactive Media 4.0
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| The Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI) at the University of Toronto
| launched the latest version of ePresence Interactive Media on Aug. 15. Tagged
| as “the world’s first open source webcasting, conferencing and rich media
| publishing solution,” this open source software, administered by KMDI and
| owned by the university, has been developed over the last seven years,
| responding to rapidly increasing public interest in the project.
|
| [...]
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| Because ePresence is an open source initiative, users can download and use
| the software for free.
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http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/070815-3330.asp
Related:
Universities Select rSmart For Open Source e-Learning Solutions
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| The open-source software learning model enables the university to
| craft an information system to meet its unique needs and to work
| in partnership with other post-secondary institutions, such as the
| University of Michigan, Indiana University, and Stanford University.
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http://in.sys-con.com/read/304926_p.htm
UK students offered cash for open source software
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| British university students are being offered cash incentives to
| write open source software - and the first beneficiary is a Python
| programmer from Swansea.
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| The UK Free Software Network (UKFSN), a small Hertfordshire-based
| internet service provider, has announced it will use its profits
| to form a fund benefitting students developing software that can
| be modified by its end users.
|
| [...]
|
| "There's a lot of work to be done," Price, a former president of
| the university's computer society, told Ping Wales. "A constraint
| I have to follow is the GNU Free Software Definition.
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http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2007/01/11/UKFSN-Price.html
University taps ITIL to build open source CMDB
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| With no funds to buy software to establish the CMDB, Harrington
| turned to open source.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/041907-itil-byu-cmdb.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
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