Entries from September 2007

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Computing Issues at Penn

Today I received an email from the dean of my college, asking:
Dear College Student,
I’m excited to announce the creation of the SAS Computing Student Advisory
Board. The group’s purpose will be to advise SAS Computing and
administration officials on student technology projects and initiatives.
Students on the board will meet monthly, and sometimes ad hoc, with SAS
Computing [...]

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

The Nature of the Decision to Use Free Software

After my last post regarding most people’s immediate reaction to the proposition of using free software, entitled I Don’t Know What Linux is but I Don’t Like It, I got many interesting comments and put the issue to rest for the time being. However, I take every occasion I can to promote free software—when I [...]