Q1.What are the main types of software? What are the advantages of open-source software? Describe the decision making process of acquiring application software. Q2.“In the end‚ information system is recognized only as a foundation for human judgment‚ insight and inventiveness”. Discuss. What are different types of controls and audits required for an information system? Q3.What is computerized maintenance management? Explain the conceptual model through which the maintenance function can achieve
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Definition of ’Commodities Exchange’ An entity‚ usually an incorporated non-profit association‚ that determines and enforces rules and procedures for the trading of commodities and related investments‚ such as commodity futures. Commodities exchange also refers to the physical center where trading takes place. A commodities exchange is an exchange where various commodities and derivatives products are traded. Most commodity markets across the world trade in agricultural products and other raw
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Open-minded or sceptical? That’s the question! Since this school year‚ I am following a new course‚ Theory of Knowledge. For me‚ the approach was entirely new and quite confusing. At first‚ my world kind of made sense to me. I doubted about some things‚ but from experience I learnt that everyone struggled with doubts. However‚ this course questioned everything I assumed to ‘know’ and was sure about! For me‚ this course is a good way to experience something completely new‚ as it encourages me to
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Sports in the 1920s Sports went through many changes in the time period known as the "Roaring Twenties." Some sports were just starting out; others were broadening their horizons‚ while others were simply becoming more popular. New heroes were emerging in sports‚ new teams‚ and even new leagues. Although there were many greats in the 1920s‚ without a doubt‚ George "Babe" Ruth was the first and most famous out of all the heroes presented in this time. Ruth changed the whole game of baseball. Ruth
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DISTANCE EDUCATION: ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM BEYOND BORDER History Distance education dates back to at least as early as 1728 when an advertisement in the Boston Gazette promoted "Caleb Phillips‚ Teacher of the new method of Short Hand‚" who sought students who wanted to learn through weekly mailed lessons. Similarly‚ Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in Great Britain via correspondence in the 1840s. Distance education has a long history‚ but its popularity and use has grown exponentially as
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Firefox and Linux are the most well known open source projects‚ but there are many more‚ these projects are very successful without having a high public profile. Open Source allows people to build freely on the work of others without constraint‚ but this doesn ’t mean that copyright and licensing is unnecessary‚ because in fact it is‚ open source products need protection. The main difference between Open Source and proprietary software is that open source is cost free. There aren ’t any hidden
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Introduction about Linux Linux is an operating system that was initially created as a hobby by a young student‚ Linus Torvalds‚ at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Linus had an interest in Minix‚ a small UNIX system‚ and decided to develop a system that exceeded the Minix standards. He began his work in 1991 when he released version 0.02 and worked steadily until 1994 when version 1.0 of the Linux Kernel was released. Linux is developed and released under the GNU General Public License and
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sandwich shop but as signs in the shop say “The only fast thing about us is our queue”. Subway wants to delight every customer so that they tell their friends. The first Subway was opened by Fred DeLuca‚ who had set out to fulfil a dream of becoming a medical doctor and decided thanks to a friend to open a submarine sandwich shop to help pay for his education. Fred and his friend Dr. Peter Buck got a loan of $1‚000 to open the submarine sandwich shop which now we know as Subway. Subway opened
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suggestions given should not be construed as expert opinion. 2. This post contains‚ some shameless self promotion!!‚I just wanted to share some real examples of me practicing rather sounding only preaching. 1. Contribute to open source projects‚ below are some of the open source project hosing sites that are worth looking at. * http://sourceforge.net/ * http://code.google.com/hosting/ 2. Participate in technical forums/discussion portals. Besides learning from reading the posts
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The Economics of Open Source Software Development Jiirgen Bitzer and Philipp J. H. Srhroder (Editurs) O 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V. Linux vs. Windows: A Comparison of Application and Platform Innovation Incentives for Open Source and Proprietary Software Platforms Nicholas Economides and Evangelos Katsamakas ABSTRACT The chapter analyzes and compares the investment incentives of platform and application developers for Linux and Windows. We find that the level of investment in applications
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