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UW-MADISON Makes Next Generation Computing Environment Available as Open Source

The Croquet Project, a joint software development effort among the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Division of Information Technology (DoIT), the University of Minnesota and Viewpoints Research Institute, Inc. of Glendale California, has announced the release of the Croquet developers' release code named "Jasmine." Jasmine is a new open-source software technology and peer-to-peer network architecture that supports online learning and resource sharing among large numbers of users. "Through the public release of this software technology, we are seeking to harness the creative power of thousands of software developers and seed the development of transformative technologies for learning and teaching," says Annie Stunden, UW-Madison's chief information officer and director of DoIT.

  posted by Ray at 10/20/2004 09:59:00 AM permanent item link   

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