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Re:A group of Finnish math teachers write an open textbook i... by norswap on Saturday September 29, 2012 @05:39AM (#4589157)
Somehow, I don't think a textbook should be something you write in a hurry.
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Re:A group of Finnish math teachers write an open textbook i... by Orva on Saturday September 29, 2012 @06:10AM (#4589199)
They are writing it during this weekend, but press release for hackathon was month ago (http://pastebin.com/sKKnRL19) and if I recall correctly he was hinting something about this project month or two before that. So there has been time for planning.

And like Tuna-Fish said, Finnish high school courses are quite limited and self-contained.

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Re:A group of Finnish math teachers write an open textbook i... by Tuna-Fish on Saturday September 29, 2012 @05:47AM (#4589164)
The scope (Finnish Lukio class maa1) is very limited, making this quite feasible.
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Re:A group of Finnish math teachers write an open textbook i... by wisty on Saturday September 29, 2012 @06:21AM (#4589214)
No, it should be something which is written over decades, like the Linux kernal.

But a good open-source core will be a nice starting point.

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Re:A group of Finnish math teachers write an open textbook i... by taw9 on Saturday September 29, 2012 @09:55AM (#4589564)
Hence, they wrote a MATH text. Duh.
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Re:A group of Finnish math teachers write an open textbook i... by borplk on Saturday September 29, 2012 @05:49AM (#4589166)
Equally true for software but well
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