2016 Robert Steele: Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) – Creating the Academy, Economy, Government, and Society of the Future

Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE): Creating the Academy, Economy, Government, and Society of the Future Robert Steele ABSTRACT I have decided to focus on the possibilities of integrating True Cost Economics, Holistic Analytics, and Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE). This concept is human-centric, rooted in advanced digital information management including new concepts for embedded intelligence …

Yoda: Open Source GIS Exploding

ESRI, who? Growing Adoption of Open-Source GIS Software Driving the Global GIS Market Through 2020, Says Technavio Phi Beta Iota: This is the foundation for getting to a world brain in which all data in all languages and mediums is “grounded” in a 1:20,000 or better open source digital chart (three-dimensional, of course).  

Yoda: Open Source Textbooks (and Videos) Inevitable — Publishers, Elsevier, Thomson Reuters Oblivious…

Open-Source Textbooks Gain in Push for College Affordability ABC News (Michael Melia of Associated Press) The standard textbook for Fundamentals of General Chemistry I at the University of Connecticut has a list price of $303. For students who use the version professor Edward Neth is preparing for the fall semester, the cost will be zero. …

Yoda: India and Open Source Technologies

TRAI tells telecos: Adopt open source tech for unbiased Internet connectivity Talking on TRAI’s differential pricing order that speaks about review process after two years, Sharma said two years is a long time for a technology-driven industry. A day after prohibiting mobile operators from offering differential data tariff plans, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India …

Yoda: Telcos Discover Open Source — By-Passing CISCO Et Al

Telecoms Look Past Cisco and HP to Open Source Hardware Now, a new wave of companies aims to push this movement even further. This morning, four big-name telecoms— AT&T, Verizon, Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, and South Korea’s SK Telecom—agreed to join the Open Compute Project. Through a sub-project dedicated to the needs of telecoms, they too will explore …