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Open Source... Mining?

Posted by michael on from the somebody-light-this-monkey dept.

farrellj writes "In mining, geophysical data is the "source code" of the industry, and is usually guarded as closely as Microsoft guards their source code for their programs, sometimes even more so. But one Canadian mining company opened up their data, and reaped the rewards of Open Source in higher profits. Read all about it at: FastCompany. NOTE: Originally seen on Linux Today."

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  1. The Spice by Myriad · · Score: 3, Funny
    Then large machines called 'thumpers' are put in place to cause deliberate seismic disturbances. The effects of these disturbances and underground interference to them are measured, mapped and analysed using the instrumentation that's scattered about.

    Hmmmm, personally I would have thought the sandworms a dead give away!

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