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See you at OSCON!

If you’re in Portland, Oregon next week at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention – OSCON – be sure to drop by and say hello. I’ll be there with staff and students from the OSU Open Source Lab in Booth 401. On July 23 and 24, you’ll be able to take a Virtual Tour of ourContinue reading “See you at OSCON!”

Open Source Software to Support EPA’s National Environmental Information Exchange Network

I’m not a fan of simply passing along a press release, but I found this one to exemplifiy the growing trend I see in open source software in government; OSS adoption and use is moving beyond tools and infrastructure and up the stack More vendors are becoming involved in providing services and support, key toContinue reading “Open Source Software to Support EPA’s National Environmental Information Exchange Network”

WebVisions 2008

I’ll be speaking and moderating a panel at the 8th annual WebVisions conference in Portland, Oregon tomorrow, Friday May 23, joined by Ward Cunningham of AboutUs.org, Brian Jamison of OpenSourcery, and Josh Bancroft of Intel. We’re doing a panel on “Why Open Source is Good for Open Content”.

Open Document Panel Video Released

During several days of last October’s Government Open Source Conference, we captured some of the sessions on video. We can’t cover them all, but I try to pick what we think will be of greatest interest after the conference is wrapped. My first Flick Pick of the Week is the Executive Panel on Open DocumentContinue reading “Open Document Panel Video Released”

Open source gaining traction in U.S. government

Quantifying what the rest of us have known intuitively for some time; more than half US agencies have adopted some form of open source software, according to a Federal Open Source Alliance (FOSA) survey just released. The top rationale for not adopting open-source software was organizational reluctance to change, according to the survey. This reflectsContinue reading “Open source gaining traction in U.S. government”

Linux, Unix, and Sun

LinuxToday’s editor and contributor to many technical publications, Brian Proffitt covered GOSCON 2007 and continues to share pearls from his time with presenters and attendees. He has a gift for ferreting out the stories beyond the usual conference din. His original story can be found at serverwatch.com, I’m sharing the more intriguing portion here ofContinue reading “Linux, Unix, and Sun”