Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:36:48 +0200 From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, 17-18 Aug, San Diego Message-ID: <20000731123648.D91140@fling.sanbi.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <20000727122855.B414@fling.sanbi.ac.za>; from wjv@cityip.co.za on Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 12:28:55PM %2B0200 References: <20000727122855.B414@fling.sanbi.ac.za>
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I wrote on 2000-07-27 (Thu) at 12:28:55 +0200: > > However, > the field is rooted in commercial Unix, and you can get a feel for some of > the Linux vs. Unix debate from these pages: > > http://www.portlandpress.com/biochemist/cyber/0006/default.htm > http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/personal/rpg/CB/Linux.html Anyone interested in this, and interested in seeing how the ideas of open source / free software takes hold in a field as yet unaccustomed to the philosophical implications, may want to take a look at a current thread on the bionet.software newsgroup which started out called "Unix vs Linux - the movie" and has now morphed into "open source software for bioinformatics". -- Johann To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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