title: Open software for biologists: from famine to feast.
abstract: Developing and deploying specialized computing systems for specific research communities is achievable, cost effective and has wide-ranging benefits.
authors.affiliation: NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre, Oxford, UK. dfield@ceh.ac.uk
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: Bela
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Booth
authors.forename: Stewart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houten
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Swan
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: Milo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thurston
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003205:Computing Methodologies; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000592:standards; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards / Q000600:supply & distribution*