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COMP8440 Free and Open Source Software Development

COMP8440:
Free and Open Source Software Development
Autumn 2009

Course staff: Dr Andrew Tridgell and Bob Edwards


2009 Intensive course completed

The intensive part of the 2009 course is now complete. Congratulations to all the students on their presentations!

Please remember to get your main assessments submitted in plenty of time for the 22nd of May deadline. You should send them in PDF or ODP (OpenOffice.org) format to comp8440@cs.anu.edu.au

You can also review any of the lecture notes or videos of the lectures on the lectures page. Your submitted assignments should demonstrate your knowledge of the course material, so reviewing the course material is strongly recommended.

General Information

  • This course is part of the Masters of Computing program, but is also offered for other students via a range of flexible enrolment options. For information on enrolling in this course, please see enrolment information

  • Assumed knowledge is basic competence with using a Unix-like operating system (such as Linux). Having some competence in at least one programming language will be an advantage.

  • Please see the StudyAt entry for Course Description and Learning Outcomes.

  • A total of 18 hours of lectures will be given, plus a similar amount of tutorial/lab hours. The course will have a very practical focus.

  • News will be posted on the course Announcement forum (staff post only).

  • There is also a Discussion forum which will be (semi-) regularly monitored by the course staff.

  • A timetable is available

  • Refreshments will be provided during the course

  • The course flyer is available here

Last modified: 4/05/2009, 18:15

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