Open source software has found a permanent home on some college campuses. But according to a study released this week by the Alliance forHigher Education Competitiveness, open source products, which enable programmers to modify code and customize programs, have yet to reach themasses of academe.Kenneth Green, founding director of the Campus Computing Project, which studies the role of technology in higher education, calls the mindsetregarding open source “affirmative ambivalence.” Chief informationofficers are confident the software will be a part of the future but arestill taking a wait-and-see approach, Green said.Read more: http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/03/01/open and about the study here: http://www.a-hec.org/open_source_state.html