From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: good practices in science Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 08:00:39 -0500 Message-ID: <20200403130039.lgdr5wdmm6as3wpr@thebird.nl> References: <20200403135421.5f800ffa@hulten.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58291) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jKM2K-0003qm-T0 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Apr 2020 09:07:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jKM2J-0001Ba-RB for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Apr 2020 09:07:04 -0400 Received: from mail.thebird.nl ([94.142.245.5]:55848) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jKM2J-0001AX-Im for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Apr 2020 09:07:03 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200403135421.5f800ffa@hulten.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Marco van Hulten Cc: Guix Devel Dear Marco, I don't think this is the place to discuss the ins and outs of science. The scientific community and arena can be frustrating and I would say (i.e., as an opinion) that you should only work in science if the subject itself grabs you. I left the software industry for biology 15 years ago and have not looked back. I love my work. We are organizing a COVID-19 biohackathon coming week for free software and free data. Feel free to watch and join. We are using some proprietary tools - usually they come with lab protocols - such as sequencers - though for me I try to avoid them as much as possible, and we can create free alternatives. But overall I am pretty happy with what I can do in science with free software and I only write free software! Let free software rule. I am excited about free hardware developments and Linux phones. Hopefully we'll get GNU Guix on those soon. Pj.