Re: [TOS] Seb Benthall on FOSS vs academic culture

2012-03-09 Thread tosmail20110729 . neophyte_rep
When Mel opened this discussion, I considered modifying her recitation of Sebastian's summary so it reflected my observations of the Corporate world. I rapidly came to the conclusion I couldn't be as succinct because I don't believe it is possible to pigeon hole humans accurately. All the groups

Re: [TOS] Seb Benthall on FOSS vs academic culture

2012-03-09 Thread Heidi Ellis
Hi Folks, I've been observing this conversation for a while. One of the main purposes of the TOS group is to try to figure out how to get the academic and FOSS communities to collaborate more cleanly. In order to succeed in this effort, there must be an honest investigation of what aspects and

Re: [TOS] Seb Benthall on FOSS vs academic culture

2012-03-09 Thread Sabin, Mihaela
Jim, I'm teaching an web application development course http://unhmwebappsdevel.wordpress.com this semester, in which the tools and practices are open source. I have had three open source developers and teachers present in my class on topics ranging from "the open source way" in general to s

Re: [TOS] Seb Benthall on FOSS vs academic culture

2012-03-09 Thread Jim Bowring
Mel - Some thoughts: 1. Most people in most communities (academy, business, opensource, civic, etc.) believe in what they do and look for ways to improve what they do. 2. When people in or out of a specific community advocate for "the best way to do things" they are bound to make little progress