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jueves, 6 de diciembre de 2012

Development by Davis: “Open science spreads with new version of mMass spectrometry tool” plus 1 more

Development by Davis: “Open science spreads with new version of mMass spectrometry tool” plus 1 more


Open science spreads with new version of mMass spectrometry tool

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 01:00 AM PST

open stenography

Over the last months, I became more and more aware of the "open" movement. "Open" as in open access, open source, open data, open science.

In mid 2011, I had a project where I needed to annotate the tandem mass spectra of some cyclic peptides. So I sat down, fragmented the compound structures "on paper" to see what theoretical fragments I would likely find in my spectra, and compared them with my experimental spectra. This was one of the most stupid and boring tasks I had ever done. And it took me more than 2 full days of work to annotate my two spectra. I mused that for such stupid work computers had been invented.

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The open source advantage: Executives learn how to stay competitive

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:00 AM PST

open source why

Let's say you're a big company in a competitive industry. One who innovates and succeeds by creating software. Not extending COTS, not adapting existing code. Generating fresh, new code, at your full expense. The value the company receives by investing in the creation of that software is competitive advantage, sometimes known as the profit-motive.

You're an executive at this company. Creating the software was your idea. You are responsible for the ROI calculations that got the whole thing off the ground.

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