Computer Science Department, Bucknell University
CSCI 240 - Computers and Society
Economic Issues in Computing - Week 11
Professor Dan Hyde - Spring 2005
Required Reading for Monday April 4 / Tuesday April 5
Chapter 21 in
Computer, Ethics and Society
by Ermann and Shauf, 3rd edition.
The Rise of India
- offshore outsourcing software development
Measured in Productivity Gains, The Computer Is a Disappointment
by LOUIS UCHITELLE
A Look at the Economics of Open Source
by Robert L. Glass, CACM, Feb 2004 - handed out in class.
Subject to Change!
Links for Further Study
Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS, FLOSS, or FOSS)? Look at the Numbers!
by David A. Wheeler, March 2005
The Computer Industry
by George Gilder
About Linus Torvalds
key developer of Linux
Hacking the Business Climate for Network Security
by Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Internet Security
The future of software may be a huge Internet-borne cloud of electronic offerings from which users can choose exactly what they want, says Ludwig Siegele
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