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Three open source school management software programs for teachers and student
Majority in Bern council tells Swiss city to switch to open source
AMD Names Devinder Kumar Chief Financial Officer
ASP.NET: Building Hypermedia Web APIs with ASP.NET Web API

Three open source school management software programs for teachers and student

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 01:00 AM PST

Many educators might have been hesitant in the past regarding embracing open source software. But not anymore as the number that has taken to open source software (OSS) has increased significantly over the years. As more teachers as well as institutions are now engaging with organizations such as Open Source Schools, SchoolForge among others. Consequently, these educators have begun to realize the potential inherent in OSS that can help transform education in many ways.

Now, here is a list of open source applications that is available to assist educators in teaching as well as in inspiring their students:

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Majority in Bern council tells Swiss city to switch to open source

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:00 PM PST

A clear majority in the council of the Swiss city of Bern has voted for a switch to free and open source IT solutions. It instructs the city's IT department to make future IT purchases platform and vendor neutral and to prefer using open source solutions. This way, the council wants to rid the city of IT vendor lock-in.

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AMD Names Devinder Kumar Chief Financial Officer

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:00 AM PST

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that after a thorough internal and external search the company has appointed Devinder Kumar as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective Jan. 2, 2013. Kumar, 57, will report to Rory Read, AMD president and chief executive officer, and will have responsibility fo...

ASP.NET: Building Hypermedia Web APIs with ASP.NET Web API

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

January 2013

Learn why hypermedia is an interesting factor for achieving evolvability in Web API designs, and how it can be implemented in practice using ASP.NET Web API.

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