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Stories · 3

  1. Information on OLAP Databases?

    · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the new-ways-to-look-at-your-data dept. · 34 comments
    oh-lap asks: "One relatively new topic in computing that hasn't seen much mainstream press (yet) is OLAP or multidimensional databases. OLAP is based on the principle of organizing your data along a number of dimensions which can be pivoted and drilled into. OLAP sounds like a neat idea and represent an abstraction of several problems which I've seen tackled by custom coding jobs. The biggest problem with OLAP right now, seems to be a dire lack of expert knowledge in the area and no standardized API or query language for OLAP servers. But the lack of decent introductory reading material is particularly bothersome. If there are any experts (or even dabblers) in OLAP out there, what are the sources of information (books, websites, forums, webblogs, etc) that you go to for info about OLAP? The issues I'm interested in are wide ins scope and include everything from querying and data modeling to actual design of an OLAP server. Any pointers"

  2. Ten Years of Web Browsing

    Internet · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the browse-baby-browse dept. · 270 comments
    AnamanFan writes "Today in 1993, a group of students at the University of Illinois released a little program called Mosaic. News.com.com.com has a special four-part series on the anniversary. I for one will celebrate by spending extra time with Mozilla and Camino." Slashdot marked the anniversary a little while ago.

  3. Can University Students GPL Their Submitted Works?

    Ask · Gnu · · posted by Cliff · from the students-have-IP-rights-too dept. · 242 comments
    Mdog asks: "I'm an instructor for The University of Illinois's CS 125 (intro to CS for CS Majors) class. I've been asking around the department regarding the legitimacy of students GPLing their submitted programs. Somebody pointed me to this document which talks about U of I policies regarding intelectual property. Having read the link, I'm still not quite sure what a students rights are in this situation, specifically part that reads that there exists a license which you implicilty agree to...: 'The minimum terms of such license shall grant the University the right to use the original work in its internally administered programs of teaching, research, and public service on a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive basis.' Can I take this to mean: 'GPL compatible'? I'd be curious to know about anybody's experiences at other schools where this question has come up." I've seen several submissions where colleges take total posession of reports and projects created by students in their classes. Such a move would at least give the students some power in how their work is used.