Comments on: Why as an educator you should care about Open Source Software http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/08/25/why-as-an-educator-you-should-care-about-open-source-software/ Education, Technology, Productivity. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:07:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Open Source Schools - it’s a no brainer… right? http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/08/25/why-as-an-educator-you-should-care-about-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1259 Open Source Schools - it’s a no brainer… right? Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:17:42 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1165#comment-1259 [...] and open source software is a laudable cause which has my wholehearted support (read this post from Doug Belshaw), but it is not yet clear how the objective of converting from licensed software to OSS is going to [...] [...] and open source software is a laudable cause which has my wholehearted support (read this post from Doug Belshaw), but it is not yet clear how the objective of converting from licensed software to OSS is going to [...]

]]> By: What does it take to build a community? at dougbelshaw.com http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/08/25/why-as-an-educator-you-should-care-about-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1258 What does it take to build a community? at dougbelshaw.com Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:25:05 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1165#comment-1258 [...] key question of a previous blog post of mine (Why as an educator you should care about Open Source Software) was used as a stimulus to discussion. The point was raised that actually we need to move one step [...] [...] key question of a previous blog post of mine (Why as an educator you should care about Open Source Software) was used as a stimulus to discussion. The point was raised that actually we need to move one step [...]

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/08/25/why-as-an-educator-you-should-care-about-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-3398 Doug Belshaw Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:47:14 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1165#comment-3398 Love the analogy of books in a library - thanks! :-) Love the analogy of books in a library – thanks! :-)

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/08/25/why-as-an-educator-you-should-care-about-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 Doug Belshaw Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:47:14 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1165#comment-1252 Love the analogy of books in a library - thanks! :-) Love the analogy of books in a library – thanks! :-)

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/08/25/why-as-an-educator-you-should-care-about-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-3013 Doug Belshaw Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:47:14 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1165#comment-3013 Love the analogy of books in a library - thanks! :-) Love the analogy of books in a library – thanks! :-)

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/08/25/why-as-an-educator-you-should-care-about-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-2011 Doug Belshaw Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:47:14 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1165#comment-2011 Love the analogy of books in a library - thanks! :-) Love the analogy of books in a library – thanks! :-)

]]> By: Alan McNeil Jackson http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/08/25/why-as-an-educator-you-should-care-about-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1251 Alan McNeil Jackson Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:27:24 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1165#comment-1251 This is an important and interesting article and one of the first times I've seen what I think is the REAL argument being put forward.<br><br>One can debate the total cost of ownership estimations for FLOSS vs proprietary software but I think that misses the point.<br><br>The point is an ideological one. Open Source Software treats software as knowledge - similar to scientific knowledge or other forms of knowledge, that enhance the human condition by being shared. One of the primary goals of education.<br><br>Proprietary Software sees software as product. Something that is sold for the profit of the producer. This is fundamentally at odds with the philosophy of education. <br><br>Debates about whether or not to use Microsoft in a school, I think, are analogous to debating whether the school library should only stock books from a single publisher. This is an important and interesting article and one of the first times I've seen what I think is the REAL argument being put forward.

One can debate the total cost of ownership estimations for FLOSS vs proprietary software but I think that misses the point.

The point is an ideological one. Open Source Software treats software as knowledge – similar to scientific knowledge or other forms of knowledge, that enhance the human condition by being shared. One of the primary goals of education.

Proprietary Software sees software as product. Something that is sold for the profit of the producer. This is fundamentally at odds with the philosophy of education.

Debates about whether or not to use Microsoft in a school, I think, are analogous to debating whether the school library should only stock books from a single publisher.

]]> By: Alan McNeil Jackson http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/08/25/why-as-an-educator-you-should-care-about-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 Alan McNeil Jackson Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:27:24 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1165#comment-2010 This is an important and interesting article and one of the first times I've seen what I think is the REAL argument being put forward.<br><br>One can debate the total cost of ownership estimations for FLOSS vs proprietary software but I think that misses the point.<br><br>The point is an ideological one. Open Source Software treats software as knowledge - similar to scientific knowledge or other forms of knowledge, that enhance the human condition by being shared. One of the primary goals of education.<br><br>Proprietary Software sees software as product. Something that is sold for the profit of the producer. This is fundamentally at odds with the philosophy of education. <br><br>Debates about whether or not to use Microsoft in a school, I think, are analogous to debating whether the school library should only stock books from a single publisher. This is an important and interesting article and one of the first times I've seen what I think is the REAL argument being put forward.

One can debate the total cost of ownership estimations for FLOSS vs proprietary software but I think that misses the point.

The point is an ideological one. Open Source Software treats software as knowledge – similar to scientific knowledge or other forms of knowledge, that enhance the human condition by being shared. One of the primary goals of education.

Proprietary Software sees software as product. Something that is sold for the profit of the producer. This is fundamentally at odds with the philosophy of education.

Debates about whether or not to use Microsoft in a school, I think, are analogous to debating whether the school library should only stock books from a single publisher.

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/08/25/why-as-an-educator-you-should-care-about-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1243 Doug Belshaw Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:16:14 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1165#comment-1243 Cool! Glad it worked. If only *everything* was Open Source... ;-) Cool! Glad it worked. If only *everything* was Open Source… ;-)

]]> By: Tracy http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/08/25/why-as-an-educator-you-should-care-about-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 Tracy Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:32:05 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=1165#comment-1255 Doug - hi.<br>It's been reblogged here --> <a href="http://tracyrosen.com/?p=105" rel="nofollow">http://tracyrosen.com/?p=105</a><br><br>It wouldn't work directly, but the program offered me some code to copy and put into a post, which I did :)<br><br>Nifty little link. I like it.<br>open source? <br>(kidding) Doug – hi.
It's been reblogged here –> http://tracyrosen.com/?p=105

It wouldn't work directly, but the program offered me some code to copy and put into a post, which I did :)

Nifty little link. I like it.
open source?
(kidding)

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