[Nottingham] BBC Radio4 program tonight 01/06/2009: 'open source' computer software

Mike Cardwell nlug at lists.grepular.com
Mon Jun 1 12:29:03 UTC 2009


Martin wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> Possibly of interest:
> 
> Cheers,
> Martin
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [lugmaster] Fwd: [Wolves] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer 
> software
> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:24:22 +0100
> From: Alan Pope <alan at popey.com>
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> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: dick_turpin <dick_turpin at archlinux.us>
> Date: 2009/6/1
> Subject: [Wolves] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software
> To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> 
> 
> Hi All
> 
> "Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate 'open source'
> computer software. Much has been said about the likes of free web
> browser Firefox and the operating system Linux, but little about how
> thousands of programmers scattered around the world collaborate in a
> 'virtual anthill' to create products that rival more commercial
> offerings. Gerry finds out how it is done and shows how its ethos is
> being applied to other kinds of business, with some startling results."
> 
> Today, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kp806

I wont have a chance to listen to this tonight. Does anyone have the 
setup to record it and put it somewhere online?

-- 
Mike Cardwell - IT Consultant and LAMP developer
Cardwell IT Ltd. (UK Reg'd Company #06920226) http://cardwellit.com/



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