Hi Nancy,
You can guide your tech staff to view the Open Refine Repository via GitHub
at: https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine - they will be able to see
the commits and updates to the software, this should allow them to be more
comfortable with software. Most Open Source projects rely on
Nik (and others) —
I agree, it’s a surprising viewpoint and I’m always a bit surprised when I
encounter it but usually expect that it’s a by-product of other internal
factors.
In this instance, I wonder if it’s simply that it’s a small museum with limited
resources and with an IT staff (or
Nick, you are right. I agree RE critique is not the answer.
It's just so deeply frustrating because I feel the community of open source
software has done a lot to make these various points abundantly clear,
including but not limited to education steps in middle/high-school, flowing
into
This is a great left-turn from a ULAN question. Both the point of view of OSS
and the empowerment role of IT rather than as gatekeeper is fairly ubiquitous
in our field, and while I know this comes from frustration, (and I am guilty)
critique and antagonism, I’ve learned is not the answer. How
Hi all,
I'm hiring a Community Manager for our open source digital publishing tool,
Quire! It’s a 2-year gig focused on building and engaging the user community as
well as developing support channels and materials. Some conference/workshop
travel included. Target hiring range is $63–82K, full
Wow. Your network team is exhibiting professional negligence, bordering on pure
incompetence, if they are asserting that open-source is not secure. That's an
incredibly concerning lack of understanding of the most basic tenants of
technology and modern operations. This debate was solved decades
Shyam's being kind here. It's 2019. I can't believe I'm seeing that
statement. If that's what they really said, it's completely
unprofessional at this point.
OpenRefine is in a category unto itself. It's worth them spending some
time "securing" it, if they're serious. But what they're really
