After Bill Gates Backs Open Access, Steve Ballmer Discovers The Joys Of Open Data | Techdirt

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Summary:

"A few months ago, we noted that the Gates Foundation has emerged as one of the leaders in requiring the research that it funds to be released as open access and open data -- an interesting application of the money that Bill Gates made from closed-source software. Now it seems that his successor as Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, has had a similar epiphany about openness."

Link:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170419/09104237185/after-bill-gates-backs-open-access-steve-ballmer-discovers-joys-open-data.shtml

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Date tagged:

04/24/2017, 09:55

Date published:

04/24/2017, 05:55