by Alan C. Kay ffrom Apple Computer - "Most ideas come from previous ideas. The sixties, particularly in the ARPA community, gave rise to a host of notions..."
at infoDev "Perspectives for Development, was prepared by The Dravis Group for the World Bank's infoDev Symposium, and includes advice for how IT-constrained foreign firms might explore Open Source options."
a novel decentralized infrastructure, based on distributed hash tables (DHTs), that will enable a new generation of large-scale distributed applications.
to research and develop software that contributes to compelling and effective social interactions, with a focus on user-centered design processes and rapid prototyping.
by Quan Wen, Dmitri B. Chklovskii "...what is the reason for such segregation? To answer this question, we posit that brain functionality requires high interconnectivity and short conduction delays."
These examples are taken from "A Plagiarism Pentimento" (Rebecca Moore Howard, Journal of Teaching Writing, Summer 1993), but the discussion of the examples was written--and revised--by the faculty of Drew University in 1998-99
Department of Mathematical Sciences San Diego State University, Vernor Vinge - Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.
by Dirk Riehle - "The advent of open source software has produced more than lower software costs for users. It has also created major changes in the economic interaction among players in the software ecosystem."