Open Source Software and the Invisible Revolution

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Stuckart, D. (2007). Open Source Software and the Invisible Revolution. In R. Carlsen et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (pp. 1690-1694). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2007
San Antonio, Texas, USA
March 26, 2007
ISBN 1-880094-51-4
  Roger Carlsen, Karen McFerrin, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Daniel Stuckart, Wagner College, United States

Abstract

While many educators are familiar with proprietary software like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Word, and Adobe Acrobat, few are aware of the subtle and pervasive presence of open source software (OSS). OSS is a technology and social movement where legions of computer programmers collaborate to produce software products with transparent code. Although there are more than 130,000 OSS projects available online, only about 200 are active. In the last decade, these active projects have stealthily permeated nearly every facet of computer technologies fueling a global technology revolution. In education, OSS delivers a cost-effective solution to managing servers, operating personal computer systems, browsing the Internet, managing courses, providing software applications, and facilitating social networks.

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