Tag Archives: open source

The folly of the obsession with source code

Posted on February 20, 2015 by wolandscat

My favourite topic these days is the phenomenon of fundamentalist thinking. You don’t need to go to Iraq to find it, it’s all around us…. Recently I chanced upon a post entitled ‘Coding is not the new literacy’ by Chris … Continue reading →

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Barriers to open source in the NHS

Posted on November 8, 2014 by wolandscat

There is a discussion going on on the NHS Technology Community site on what the barriers to open source are in the NHS, and how to address them. The posts are interesting, but one thing is lacking: a statement of what it … Continue reading →

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