I agree with Yarko. The current peer review in academia works relatively well in discriminating good science from bad science.
Yet there are a few things that could be improved: - the peer review mechanism in some fields is too slow. - there are basically no peer reviewed publications that review and publish code. - some people teach CS without having ever written a decent size computer program. These are just general considerations and nothing to do with web2py. Massimo On Mar 16, 11:46 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is nothing really sad about reviewed writing, and the publication > processes. The same is true for scholarly journals. This has been this way > for a very, very long time. It takes effort and time, so that it costs > money is not sad either when it provides value. > Publication provides a forum for scrutiny and review within your profession. > > Really, this is beneficial, good. > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Jeffield <jeff.sheffi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > In academia only publications count. A book on sale counts. > > > A free book does not. > > > Normally software does not count either. > > This is really said. ( I am currently enrolled in a distance education > > program, > > and my Sister is currently a prof.) Just makes me said that our > > "higher" education > > factions are "so far" behind what is really going on out here. > > Particuarly CSC programs. > > Keep fighting the good fight Massimo. As a consumer of higher > > education in the CSC relm, > > eeing able to download your prof's source and review it speaks > > volume's to there credibility. > > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > On Mar 15, 6:47 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > This questions comes up once in a while. The reason for the published > > > book is not that I make any money from it. the reason is that I need > > > to justify to my employer the time I spend on web2py. In academia only > > > publications count. A book on sale counts. A free book does not. > > > Normally software does not count either. > > > > I do not oppose creating an alternative completely open documentation > > > and actually I encourage it. > > > (first attempt)http://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/AlterEgo > > > (second attempt)https://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/web2py_wiki > > > (third attempt)https://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/wiki > > > > Massimo > > > > On Mar 15, 4:58 pm, "ma...@rockiger.com" <rocki...@googlemail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > The book is very well done, except of some typos. > > > > > Is there any plan to make open book, like the djagobook? > > > > It is not because I am stingy, but because web2py is moving so fast. > > > > > Thanks for web2py the most productive web-framework out there. (I only > > > > speak for myself) > > > > > Rockin' Regards, > > > > Marco --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
