01 Jun Data Sharing and Cancer
Talking Points Memo (talkingpointsmemo.com) – The Data Sharing Effort to Cure Cancer – By Josh Marshall – (Friday, May 30, 2014)
Imagine a world where the cures for diseases are discovered with the speed of software development.
Open source projects like the Linux operating system and the Firefox web browser are testament to what can be accomplished when developers share their work with an invested community. Sites like GitHub, Bitbucket, and Beanstalk grow these communities and provide places to store projects and facilitate communication between contributors. With more than 10,000 public projects, over 3.5 million users, and having created unique environments to foster innovation, these sites have been a paradigm-shifting success. But could similar models work for something outside the programming world? Could they cure cancer? Read More…