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Biohackathon

Posted by michael on from the make-your-pledge-now dept.

wjv writes: "Open source Bioinformatics hackers from around the world are meeting in the first ever Biohackathon to hack, eat, hack, sleep, hack... The South African Business Day has the scoop, or see our weblog. The event is co-sponsored by my employer and O'Reilly. I'm typing this from the hackathon, and you wouldn't believe the buzz... or the scenic venue!"

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  1. Re:Predators and Prey by DaBlock · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They would not say that they are the creme de la creme - they would say that they are actually coding, and that they are willing to share. Unfortunately, many of us bioinformaticians are stuck working for some company that looks for competitive advantage and won't allow sharing of pre-competitive code. These guys are not so un-encumbered (sometimes at personal cost - how much are you making?) and they choose to contribute to this cause.

    As to being 'hype', would you prefer I3C?
    Real artists ship.

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    'nuff said