open source essay.
Aaron Cayard-Roberts
8-28-00

   I'm taking this class because I thought it would be important to know more of the
details of the open source movement since it appears to be becomeing a bigger and bigger
thing, not to mention that it works.  After reading the first 44 pages out of are book I
already see that this way of programing/debuging opens up many new doors for software
development.  When I signed up for this class I didn't really know what to expect but from
the reading and the one class periode I've started haveing much more interest in the open
source movement and all of the good things that can come from it.
   Along the lines of technolagy I do belive that it can be used to change are collective
behaver and the evidents of it doing so are all around us.  Most americans Watch TV from
there houses for entertanment.  We can find out whats going on in far away places from
phones, news broadcast on radios or TVs, or the all powerfull internet.  We no longer have
to drive a short distance to the library to get information but instead we are just a few
clicks away on are computers from it.  We don't even need to turn in turn in physical
homework anymore....we can just save it to ~charliep/Homework/cs#.
   I know there are risks to relying on technolagy and thats a whole other subject, but to
let it just change are behaver I think is something that can't be helped.  People have
always tried to find an easier way of doing things and technolagy is the way that they
solve it.