How Open Source Biology May Rock Your World | Linux Today

How Open Source Biology May Rock Your World

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 4, 2008

[ Thanks to Sakshi
Garg
for this link. ]

“That’s what I need, glow-in-the-dark grass. Seriously,
though, sharing biological parts, software related to biotech
efforts, and community-driven invention all show promise because
we’ve seen similar open source principles help software flourish.
Perhaps it could contribute answers to global warming or lead to
alternative fuel sources. At the same time, though, sharing the
components of life–especially at the DNA level–is fundamentally
different from sharing software components.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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