LXer: Release early, release often in scientific research
 

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Why don't academics discuss research before starting the work?In a recent blog post, Jack Kelly asked this simple question, and it is a striking one for those of us who are familiar with collaborating at high levels as part of an open source community. One of the pillars of the open source way is rapid prototyping and the idea of: release early, release often.In the scientific research community, however, the history of and current state of affairs is closed and secretive. Jack Kelly even began his post with:Warning: this is a hopelessly idealistic proposal...

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