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# Software is all around us
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* What we are missing today
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  :CUSTOM_ID: main
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** Software is spread all around
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  :CUSTOM_ID: spread
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   file:myriadsources.png
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*** Fashion victims
    - many disparate development platforms
    - a myriad places where distribution may happen
    - projects tend to migrate from one place to another over time
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*** One place...                                                    :B_block:
    :PROPERTIES:
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    \hfill ... where can we find, track and search /all/ source code?
** Software is fragile
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  :CUSTOM_ID: fragile
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*** Like all digital information, FOSS is fragile
    - inconsiderate and/or malicious code loss (e.g., Code Spaces)
    - business-driven code loss (e.g., Gitorious, Google Code)
    - for obsolete code: physical media decay (data rot)
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*** If a website disappears you go to the Internet Archive... 	    :B_block:
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    \hfill where do you go if (a repository on) GitHub or GitLab goes away?
** Software is missing its own Research Infrastructure
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  :CUSTOM_ID: research
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   file:atacama-telescope.jpg
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*** A wealth of software research on crucial issues...
    - safety, security, test, verification, proof
    - software engineering, software evolution
    - empirical and big data studies
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*** If you study the stars, you go to Atacama... 		    :B_block:
    :PROPERTIES:
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    \hfill ... where is the /very large telescope/ of source code?





