<p>The org would integrate and expand repo.vse.gmu.edu, which currently
hosts a local mirror of open source software. Such software mirrors are
currently operated by Virginia Tech, MIT, RIT, University of Nebraska,
Georgia Tech, Wheaton College, University of Calgary, and other
institutions. This would be coordinated with VSE Computing Resources.</p>
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Etherpad is a realtime collaboration tool recently acquired by Google (http://etherpad.org/). The tool is open source, and is used at schools like MIT, MSU, RIT, and UCLA. This tool would allow members of the Mason community to easily edit documents with their peers, similar to Google Docs.