On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 01:12:32PM +1100, Jack Kelly wrote: > Former ANU SWEng student here. The wider university wasn't > particularly free software friendly (but not hostile, either), just > the usual indifference. After reading about OzLabs (http://ozlabs.org/about.html) some time ago, I got the impression ANU would be a better environment. :)
> ANU was also offering a masters-level course COMP8440 - Free and Open > Source Software development, and it looks like it will do so next > year: http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP8440;details.html According to Andrew Tridgell's Wikipedia page, it looks like he has been teaching that specific course since last year. Impressive. -Adam > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:21:20AM +1100, Adrian Colomitchi wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> I think you might be interested to get a perspective on the degree of > >> use of OSS around the world, at least the way it looks like from Spain. > >> > >> http://observatorio.cenatic.es/images/stories/estudios_e_informes/empresas/internacional/international%20status%20of%20open%20source%20software-web.pdf > >> > >> "The United States, Australia and the Western European countries lead > >> the development and adoption of open source software." > >> > >> "In the public sector, Europe has experienced greater penetration." > >> > >> "In the Pacific region, Australia stands out as one of the countries > >> with the highest degree of open source software adoption in the world, > >> thanks to its active communities of OSS developers who participate in > >> international projects. The universities also play a very important role > >> in both training qualified ICT personnel and participating in OSS > >> projects. The Australian business sector spends a significant part of > >> its R&D budget on OSS projects, which results in the country having a > >> large subsector of open source software companies within the ICT sector > >> and in the presence of OSS centres of excellence in the country. This is > >> accompanied by a policy of support by the government, which has > >> encouraged the adoption of OSS by the Public Sector." > >> > >> What? To me, it doesn't feel quite right, but maybe my "basement" is > >> deep enough to "shield" me from the marvellous extent of OSS in the > >> Australian public sector? > >> Any additional info you may have specifically on this? The links at page > >> 98 look rather old, are these policies and guides still actual for the > >> public sector ? > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Adrian > >> > >> > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Free-software-melb mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Free-software-melb mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb > > > > _______________________________________________ > Free-software-melb mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb
