On Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Michael Hanke wrote: > > - catchy release notes statement highlighting well-covered fields of > > science, computing platforms (distributed, MPI, ...),... > +1e+127
;-) overflow!!! ;) > It should not be difficult to collect enough superlatives to justify a > publication. However, I think, we also have to present a couple of > actual scientific endeavours that rely on Debian where we can get some > stats on how many lab/people use it for what. + finally http://wiki.debian.org/CategoryPublication could support the claim of Debian being not only used for science but investigated by scientists ;) > Main theme of the paper could be that only via collaborative work we can > support such a universal tool. I would have taken a different angle -- it is through the collaboration we have reached such heights. Sure thing more collaboration is great (and that what we should aim behind the curtain with such a paper), but we should not seek it explicitly. > The more specialized a particular > application is, the more it relies on software that is written by other > and maintained by other from other fields of research (or even outside > science). No individual field of research has enough manpower to support > such an endeavour on its own. It would not be hard to argue that > interdisciplinary collaborations are the major source/driver of innovation > in pretty much any context. Debian is just that -- an interdisciplinary > collaboration we vast practical benefits that are readily available to > anyone who wants them (and knows about them). 100% > This paper should have a looong list of authors, with a list of > affiliations that the world hasn't seen before! it is sad that ATM we are limited only to the surface of the planet... although -- who knows?? http://dsnra.jpl.nasa.gov/software/debian_versions.html -- =------------------------------------------------------------------= Keep in touch www.onerussian.com Yaroslav Halchenko www.ohloh.net/accounts/yarikoptic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
