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  "description": "Chemblaics (pronounced chem-bla-ics) is the science that uses open science and computers to solve problems in chemistry, biochemistry and related fields.",
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      "name": "Egon Willighagen",
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      "id": "https://doi.org/10.59350/qcswn-40p26",
      "url": "https://chem-bla-ics.linkedchemistry.info/2009/07/17/eln-vendor-open-source-stuff-just-works.html",
      "title": "ELN vendor: "The Open Source stuff just works better"",
      "content_html": "<p>Simon Coles is CTO of <a href=\"http://www.amphora-research.com/\">Amphora Research Systems</a> (a company I do not know) and in the\nbusiness of <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_lab_notebook\">Electronic Lab Notebooks</a>. I know nothing about their\nproducts but would like to propagate the <a href=\"http://elnblog.com/2009/07/use-of-open-source-in-commercial-eln-products/\">statements he just made on Open Source</a>\nin reply to a <a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&amp;discussionID=5153766&amp;gid=1148517\">question on LinkedIn</a>\n(btw, <a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/egonw\">my LinkedIn account</a>):</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>We use a lot of Open Source components in our products, and I know we’re not alone.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>He also gives why they do so, quoting from the full arguments in his blog:</p>\n\n<ul>\n  <li><em>The Open Source stuff just works better</em></li>\n  <li><em>Support is better</em></li>\n  <li><em>Licensing issues go away</em></li>\n  <li><em>It is dramatically cheaper for our customers to deploy</em></li>\n  <li><em>We have much more latitude in deployment options</em></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>I am not sure if this involves open source cheminformatics, but asked about that… the whole article is worth reading.</p>",
      "summary": "Simon Coles is CTO of Amphora Research Systems (a company I do not know) and in the business of Electronic Lab Notebooks. I know nothing about their products but would like to propagate the statements he just made on Open Source in reply to a question on LinkedIn (btw, my LinkedIn account):",
      
      "date_published": "2009-07-17T00:00:00+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2009-07-17T00:00:00+00:00",
      "tags": ["eln","opensource"],
      
      
      
      
      
      
        "authors": [ { "name": "Egon Willighagen", "url": "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7542-0286" } ]
      
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