This paper examines the development of the Linux operating system, in order to examine from where the initial investment of ideas which resulted in the software structure emerged. Linux is taken as one example of open source software, and the analysis focuses on the reasons for software development, particularly in terms of the underlying dynamics of incentives, skills and entrepreneurship for ...

Foil gas bearings are in widespread commercial use in air cycle machines, turbocompressors and microturbine generators and are emerging in more challenging applications such as turbochargers, auxiliary power units and propulsion gas turbines. Though not well known, foil bearing technology is well over fifty years old. Recent technological developments indicate that their full potential has yet ...

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Basic education is intended to provide general education that is unique and decisive for further development of the life of every individual. In this general education must have its place even technical education, which has along with other natural science subjects to give students a basic quantum of technical knowledge and skills, develop technical thinking, creativity, helping to develop thei...

To "drill down" to this focus I need to properly set a context involving a number of elements. These are: the nature of measurement; its relation to KM Metrics; the connection between KM metrics development and a business process use case view of KM; the connection between the high level business use case: "Discover New Knowledge in Knowledge and information Bases," and its "Perform Measurement...

This is a discussion of the essential features of product development traceability maps in relation to requirements, architecture, functional models, components, and tests as a set of order type hierarchies and their cross-links. This paper lays out the structure of these ideal traceability relationships that define the essence of the product under development. The importance of the trace relat...

To address the rising role of embedded software in today’s product offerings, best-in-class high tech and electronics companies want to more effectively manage their software development process. Teamcenter® software drives this strategic objective by enabling you to manage your software lifecycle in the context of a whole product lifecycle that includes your mechanical, electronic, software an...