Open source plays vital role in scientific advances - Marilyn De Villiers, IT Web

While the open source movement initially came into being as a way to "democratise" software development, it is now playing an increasingly important role in the development of cutting edge technologies in a wide range of non-IT fields, including medicine and science. For example, researchers from Chile, who have just been awarded the 2018 PLOS Open Source Toolkit Channel Prize, relied heavily on open source software and hardware for the development of a low-cost fluorescent imaging system. https://www.itweb.co.za/content/DZQ58MVJOYmMzXy2