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		Florin_Andrei on Feb 22, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Faster-than-light neutrino result may have been du... Modern science - open source before Open Source was invented.

adavies42 on Feb 22, 2012 [–]

pretty much. the mess newton caused by keeping calculus a proprietary technology for so long (due partially to existing practice in the alchemy industry and partially to being completely nuts) made it pretty clear that some degree of openness was necessary to really get anything done.

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