I'm all for it!!! I'm no programmer, but I have linux system that I haven't payed a dime for on software. Its all open source and I can fuly appreciate it. There are plenty of programmers out there that would do it just show off. . . :) -Adrian rubio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoffrey Osborne" <geoff.osborne@anu.edu.au> To: cyto-inbox Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 4:43 PM Subject: Open Source Flow Cytometry Data Analysis Software > > Dear All, > I'd like to start a discussion, and gauge peoples interest in creating an > Open Source Flow Cytometry Data Analysis Software package. > For those of you who are unfamiliar with the concept of open source > software please have a look here > http://www.opensource.org/ > "The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can > read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the > software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And > this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of > conventional software development, seems astonishing." > The reasons behind my interest in such a project are many fold: > * Firstly, from a standpoint "flow community spirit" it just plain makes > sense, as a group we have the ability to achieve so much. > * Secondly, there is the matter of economics, we can all benefit from such > a product, (including commercial vendors for example http://www.redhat.com > or commercial end users like Amazon shifting to Linux)and in particular in > developing countries where the cost of some commercial packages could be > prohibitive. > * Thirdly, development time of the "ultimate" no cost flow analysis package > could be incredibly short > > That said, we are willing to put our "money where our mouth is" and > provide source code towards such a package. I'm not necessarily the person > with the skills to set up or manage such a project, but would contribute > where I could. > Your thoughts? > > Yours in anticipation, > > > Geoffrey Osborne > > Specialist, Flow Cytometry, > John Curtin School of Medical Research, > The Australian National University, > Canberra, 0200, ACT. AUSTRALIA > email: geoff.osborne@anu.edu.au > http://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/facslab/facshome.html > > (61 2) 6125 3694. >
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