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Red Hat, Oracle, Sun, others join to pitch open source to feds
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| More than 50 companies, academic institutions, and other organizations,
| including vendors such as Red Hat and Oracle, are banding together to promote
| use of open source by the federal government via an organization called Open
| Source for America.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2009/072209-red-hat-oracle-sun-others.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Linux Paves Way for New “Open Source in America” Coalition
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| Some may see this as a victory, but I see it as not good enough. The members
| of the organization announced today, Open Source for America, agree. We see
| it as an opportunity to educate government on open source software while
| effecting change in policy and coordinating collaboration on requirements
| specific to government.
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http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2009/07/22/linux-paves-way-for-new-%E2%80%9Copen-source-in-america%E2%80%9D-coalition/
A New Voice for Open Source in Government
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| I'm pleased to report this morning on the formation of a new advocacy group
| for the use of free and open source software in the U.S. Government. I'm
| also pleased to have been asked to serve on its Board of Advisors, along
| other proponents of free and open source software, such as Roger Burkhard,
| Dawn Meyerriecks, Eben Moglen, Tim O'Reilly, Simon Phipps, Mark Shuttleworth,
| Michael Tiemann, Bill Vass, and Jim Zemlin.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20090722034007727
Open Source For America coalition formed
http://www.h-online.com/open/Open-Source-For-America-coalition-formed--/news/113815
Red Hat, NCSU join movement to get feds to embrace Open Source
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/07/20/daily38.html
Open Source Leaders Team Up to Seek More Clout in Government
http://www.internetnews.com/government/article.php/3831161
Group will push open source in US gov't
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| Open-source software needs a higher profile in Washington, D.C., according to
| a group of about 50 organizations and companies that launched a new campaign
| to educate U.S. government agencies about the benefits of open source.
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| Members of the Open Source For America coalition, which launched Wednesday,
| include Google, The Linux Foundation, the Mozilla and Debian projects,
| Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Advanced Micro Devices and the Electronic Frontier
| Foundation.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2009/072209-group-will-push-open-source.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Recent:
Asian Open Source Software Center formed by 10 countries
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| Ten Open Source Software Centers and related promotion organizations in Asian
| countries and regions announce the formation of Asian Open Source Software
| Center (AOSSC) alliance/network to further promote the adoption, and
| development of open source software (OSS) technology among Asian countries.
| The participating countries and regions include China, Hong Kong, India,
| Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
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http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textiles-technology-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=74111
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