Sharing the Code

More colleges and universities see open-source software as an alternative to commercial products

By FLORENCE OLSEN

While open-source-code projects like Linux have long been in the public eye, colleges and universities are now beginning to consider collaboration on similar efforts as a relatively cheap, effective way to meet their specialized software and computing needs.

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