Like open source software, he defines the SVSC as an ecosystem of mentors and young entrepreneurs that can learn from each other and ratchet up the entrepreneurial effectiveness of the region.
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Like other open source software, such as the operating system Linux, Firefox's code is freely available for any programmer to examine and improve.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation demands that every research project it funds has to make its full data set freely available, like open-source software code.
This is a lot like the software business before open source became a force: everything is locked down and shut tight.
Bioengineers, like computer programmers in the Linux open-source software movement, are encouraged to contribute "bricks" voluntarily, and can order the parts they need over the Internet.
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There was a way to do it, and it had to do with the catch that comes with open source--software like Linux that powers millions of desktops and Apache that runs 70% of the country's Web servers.
The open source movement is campaigning hard to persuade even the largest software companies, like Microsoft, to open up their programs and let everyone look for errors or security problems.
Many governments like Linux because it can cut costs and avoid vendor lock-in, and because they see open-source software as more trustworthy.
The MySQL deal, which is slated to close in the first half of 2008, is a sign that Sun is pushing into more open-source software applications and could even enter the Linux market, the terrain of companies like Red Hat.
" If you then tap on say, "software, " more tendrils appear, leading to topics like "Bill Gates" or "open source.
Since both the hardware and the software are open-source, anyone can change things to suit their purpose, which like most things at the fair is bound to encourage even more innovation.
Rather than offering a readymade robot like Nao that largely makes software the focus of user customization, cSpring is designed to be highly customizable (and open source) on both the hardware and software fronts.
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