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The GNU/Linux platform and freedom respecting software for economists
Author(s) -
Yalta A. Talha,
Lucchetti Riccardo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of applied econometrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.878
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1099-1255
pISSN - 0883-7252
DOI - 10.1002/jae.990
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , computer science , software , operating system , government (linguistics) , open source software , open source , resource (disambiguation) , software engineering , operations research , engineering , computer network , philosophy , linguistics , artificial intelligence
The GNU/Linux operating system is rapidly gaining ground as an attractive alternative to the proprietary platforms particularly in academic institutions and government agencies. Here, we supply an assessment of this resource from the perspective of econometricians, discuss its benefits and disadvantages along with a basic overview of some of the popular free/libre and open source programs hosted by this platform for conducting research in economics. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.