Re: Two articles about open vs. proprietary source

[Scott Weeks <sweeks () SANDIEGO EDU>]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Gene Spafford wrote:

:  The Chronicle of Higher Education has a supplement on IT in higher
:  education that came out today.  It contains an article written by
:  David Wilson, a former MS student here, and me on the question of
:  whether open source or proprietary source is more secure.   There is
:  also a nice article on other considerations (and problems) with open
:  source projects in higher ed.
:
:  I am unsure of whether you can access both articles without being a
:  subscriber (I am), but often these articles are available for 5-10
:  days without a subscription.  They are definitely available in the
:  hard copy edition, in a library near you. :-)
:
:  The article by Dave and myself:
:  <http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i05/05b02102.htm>
:  The costs article: <http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i05/05b00101.htm>



They are not available online to non-members at this time.

scott









x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=x=

**********
Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at 
http://www.educause.edu/groups/.