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Open letter to Obama: Uncle Sam should go open source

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via ARS Technica By Ryan Paul | Last updated February 10, 2009 8:20 A group of software vendors has published an open letter to president Obama encouraging the new administration to adopt open source software in the government’s IT infrastructure. … Continue reading →

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Panda: Open Source Video Platform For Websites

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Tyler

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on September 16, 2008 Panda, an open source project, will let any site owner willing to do a little coding and integration work to allow user video uploads and playback. Think YouTube in a … Continue reading →

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How the DoD learned to stop worrying and love open source

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Tyler

Via ARS Technica By Ryan Paul | Published: September 10, 2008 – 07:05PM CT The House draft of the annual defense budget reauthorization bill prominently lists open source software (OSS) among the objectives that should be considered in the procurement … Continue reading →

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Google launches internet browser

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Tyler

Via BBC News Online – http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7593106.stm Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. The browser is designed to be lightweight and fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications … Continue reading →

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Open source group sues Quebec over no-bid Microsoft contracts

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Tyler

By Ryan Paul | Published: August 29, 2008 – 06:15AM CT _ Via ARS Technica A nonprofit open source advocacy group in Quebec is taking the provincial government to court over its software procurement policies. The group, which is called … Continue reading →

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