How the CIO of the U.S. General Services Administration promotes fresh thinking in technology.
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An Elevator Pitch for Open Source
Every year I attend the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference as an exhibitor. This year’s conference was busier than any I’ve ever been to. So many people had either heard of us (ByWater Solutions) or Koha or just about open source in general. One librarian though approached our booth with caution. She informed me that she was told to come see what we were about by a manager but that she was very nervous. What she actually said was, “Open source scares me.”
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US Homeland Security Offers R&D Grants for FLOSS Cybersecurity Projects
Working on cybersecurity and looking for support for your project?
The Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST) project has begun a seven-week open call for investment applications that support open source software to improve cybersecurity. Applications will be accepted from July 2 to August 14, 2013. Award notifications will be sent out October 1.
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Non-Linux FOSS: Classic Shell
Even those of us on the Linux side of the fence have been watching Microsoft’s Windows 8 roll-out—albeit for us, it has been with morbid fascination. Granted, we’re not without our drastic changes (ahem, Unity), but the new interface Microsoft has chosen for version 8 is seemingly unusable for most people. The iconic Start menu has been taken away without a clear replacement. more>>
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