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Does the project have to die just because the person who started it walks away?
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Does the project have to die just because the person who started it walks away?
Another angle on this problem is the question of scientific software written by research professionals. Some of the most sophisticated software in the world is created by doctoral candidates and other academic scientists. This software isn't written just to be software – it is written to test a new idea or answer a question related to a research project. Some of these programs represent years of work, but what happens when the developer graduates or gets a tenure track job? Or when the grant used to fund the research expires? More often than not, the project just stops in its tracks and slowly disappears, while the developer seeks new projects and new funding to study other questions.
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