Category Archives: open source

Open source and government

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Dave

Another post I have been sat on and chewing over for a little while… Charles Arthur in the Guardian highlighted an interesting area of discussion in the use of open source in government a little while ago. He reports on … Continue reading →

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Hackers for government (and a dollop of open source)

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Dave

A lovely story of sharing, reusing and creative hacking in government today. There’s a whole post to be written on hacker culture and why government needs people who are able to program computers on the payroll. You just can’t outsource … Continue reading →

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The State of Open Source

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Dave

Stephen O’Grady has a great post analysing where the open source software movement is in the Startup, Growth, Maturity or Decline model. Why would commercial organizations willingly cede the fruits of their labor to a market that might include their … Continue reading →

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