The January/February 2006 edition of the Horizons newsletter has a number of interesting articles on open source and free software written by written by Jon Berndt. This newsletter is published by the AIAA Houston Section.
The first article (page 3) is titled "From the Editor: Open Source Software" and provides an overview of the topic along with the government's use of such software. Along with NASA, Department of Defense usage is described.
The second article (pages 5-9) is titled "A Survey of Selected Open Source and Freely Available Software for Engineering and Science, and for Education, Home, and Work" and is the feature article of the newsletter. This article starts out discussing the concepts of open source, public domain, and free software. Following that, there is a listing of various software packages with brief descriptions of their functionality along with url's.
"Staying Informed" (page 14) contains references and url's to a number of related www sites.
There are a number of other interesting articles in the newsletter. Here is the table of contents.
- From the Editor
- Chair’s Corner
- A Survey of Selected Open Source and Freely Available Software for Engineering and Science, and for Education, Home, and Work
- Dinner Lecture Summary Report: ARES Mars Airplane
- Student Report: Mars Sample Return Mission Design at Texas A&M University
- Mars Society of Houston Hosts 4Frontiers
- AIA Releases Year-End Aerospace Industry Statistics
- Staying Informed
- Membership Page
- Lunch & Learn Summary Report: Where Did That Equation Come From?
- Lunch & Learn Summary Report: NanoMaterials for Space Exploration
- Local Industry News and Announcements
- 2006 Congressional Visits Day
- Technical Outreach and Education
- Calendar
- Cranium Cruncher
- Odds and Ends
- Upcoming Conference Presentations by Houston Section Members
- AIAA Local Section News
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