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use and develop, two different things

use and develop, two different things

Posted Jul 24, 2007 19:37 UTC (Tue) by atai (subscriber, #10977)
In reply to: Where have the universities gone? by jwb
Parent article: Where have the universities gone?

Using free software may be easy because it is usually low cost. But universities seem less willing to make their own production free software, due to funding issues...


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use and develop, two different things

Posted Jul 24, 2007 19:43 UTC (Tue) by superstoned (subscriber, #33164) [Link]

They may also just be conservative. Mind you, Universities at large are
generally not conservative, but many of the support departments providing
the facilities are. And IT has become a facility, not something special
you can play with...

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