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Open Source Software meets gene expression
J E Stewart1, H Mangalam, J Zhou
1Open Informatics, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA. jason@openinformatics.com
Briefings in Bioinformatics
|January 26, 2002
Abstract:
Use of the Open Source Software (OSS) development model has been crucial in a number of recent technological areas, including operating systems, applications and bioinformatics. The rationale for why OSS is often a better development model than proprietary development and some of the results of this model in the field of Gene Expression are reviewed. The paper concludes with a discussion of why funding agencies should endorse OSS and require funded software projects to be released Open Source.