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JargonbusterBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

08 December 2011

An A to Z of IT and Internet terminology Read more : Jargonbuster

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Happy birthday Linux! Creative Commons Image By keela84 via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Andrew Smith (The Open University)

22 August 2011

As the 20th anniversary of the Linux approaches, the OU's Andrew Smith looks at how the operating system has very much come of age. Read more : Happy birthday Linux!

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Tim Berners-Lee on... opening up data Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image Cristiano Sant´Anna/indicefoto.com / campuspartybrasil under CC-BY-SA licence

By Tim Berners-Lee (Guest)

08 February 2011

It might be hard to quantify the cash value of opening data - but the same was true of the early days of the world-wide... Read more : Tim Berners-Lee on... opening up data

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Tim Berners-Lee on... why open data is important Featuring: audio, Pixel y Dixel under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Tim Berners-Lee (Guest)

08 February 2011

At the moment, the opening of data might seem like a nice gesture. Tim Berners-Lee explains why it's much more significant than that. Read more : Tim Berners-Lee on... why open data is important

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Open platforms make things simple Featuring: audio, Jinglenodes

By Gareth Mitchell (Guest), Thiago Rocha Camargo (Guest)

08 February 2011

Although Skype might look like an open platform, there's still much to be done before a truly open communications system can link us all together.Thiago... Read more : Open platforms make things simple

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Free as in freedom, not as in price Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image Fernando Cavalcanti / Campus Party under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Jon "Maddog" Hall (Guest), Gareth Mitchell (Guest)

08 February 2011

Linux champion Jon "Maddog" Hall loves the exchange of ideas - and the pace - of Campus Party. He tells Gareth Mitchell why 'free' is... Read more : Free as in freedom, not as in price

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From PCs to iPads: What makes an Open Platform?tatsunorikodamaさんの最新情報 under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Dr Tony Hirst (The Open University)

03 February 2011

It might sound like a schoolyard riddle: when is an open platform not an open platform? But it can be far from funny when millions... Read more : From PCs to iPads: What makes an Open Platform?

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A potted history of LinuxCreative Commons Image Laserguided under CC-BY licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

01 February 2011

An open operating system that actively encourages a community to make it better? However did that happen? Read more : A potted history of Linux

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The Linux course Featuring: audio, BBC

By Andrew Smith (The Open University)

07 June 2010

Documentally grabs Andrew Smith for a quick chat about the technology at the heart of The Open University's Linux course. Read more : The Linux course

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Open source at The Open UniversityAndy Hendry

By Andrew Smith (The Open University)

07 June 2010

Why has the OU created a Linux course? Liam Green-Hughes and Andrew Smith discuss Open Source at the Open University. Read more : Open source at The Open University

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Pages tagged as Open Source

JargonbusterBBC

Happy birthday Linux! Creative Commons Image By keela84 via Flickr under Creative Commons license

Tim Berners-Lee on... opening up data Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image Cristiano Sant´Anna/indicefoto.com / campuspartybrasil under CC-BY-SA licence

Tim Berners-Lee on... why open data is important Featuring: audio, Pixel y Dixel under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

Open platforms make things simple Featuring: audio, Jinglenodes

Free as in freedom, not as in price Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image Fernando Cavalcanti / Campus Party under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

From PCs to iPads: What makes an Open Platform?tatsunorikodamaさんの最新情報 under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

A potted history of LinuxCreative Commons Image Laserguided under CC-BY licence

The Linux course Featuring: audio, BBC

Open source at The Open UniversityAndy Hendry