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The ACM (one of Mark Guzdial's associations) doesn't even believe in non-paywall academic publication. So it isn't too surprising he doesn't like seeing softwa
by jmount 17y ago
The ACM (one of Mark Guzdial's associations) doesn't even believe in non-paywall academic publication. So it isn't too surprising he doesn't like seeing software published either.
- gte910h 17y agoDid you read the article and report? The man for years has been building up the open source smalltalk (Squeak) that lots of things are being built on these days. He's saying when you look at who's participating, company based software development is empirically including more people in more "lead in" activities to software development than open source is. That's all. And the fact you expect a tenured professor to not belong to the ACM is laughable. MG is the director of undergraduate studies at GT, and the ACM does plenty of work with and for the school.
- jmount 17y agoA good point- I wasn't at all fair. Now that I have thought about it a bit, I probably am in closer agreement. I very much like having open source software (and the source to such software around)- but I don't think I could in good conscience encourage students to subject themselves to the procedures and politics often inside such projects.
- jmount 17y agoI don't expect him to not be ACM- but I would like more push from chairs to get ACMs policies to a more open position (such as making more material available on the web).