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[# ! As in #code so in #life] Samsung's Guy Martin talks about strategies for getting involved with-and earning the respect of-an open source community.

[# ! As in #code so in #life] Samsung's Guy Martin talks about strategies for getting involved with-and earning the respect of-an open source community.

"by Andy Oram | @praxagora | +Andy Oram | Comment: 1 | March 26, 2014 Free and open source software creates a natural - and even necessary - fit with government. I joined a panel this past weekend at the Free Software Foundation conference LibrePlanet on this topic and have covered it previously in a journal article and talk. Our panel focused on barriers to its adoption and steps that free software advocates could take to reach out to government agencies."

"The best open source apps for audio and video, whether you're creating or consuming multimedia content."

"Recent high-profile vulnerabilities have put the lie to the 'many eyes' theory -- but also driven real progress in securing the open source ecosystem "

"Recent high-profile vulnerabilities have put the lie to the 'many eyes' theory -- but also driven real progress in securing the open source ecosystem "

"Facebook believes in the power of open source. When a community gathers to work on code, there are a host of benefits. Fresh eyes point out problems and we arrive at solutions faster. Together we tackle the challenges we're facing, innovation accelerates, and the community stretches the limitations of existing technology."

"While proprietary vendors dominate the breach prevention and detection market, open source software plays a key role. By Paul Rubens | Posted December 29, 2015

"DevOps, microservices, and the shift to containers and lightweight computing environments explain a lot about Microsoft's position on .NET, open source and Nano Server. Mary Branscombe By Mary Branscombe "

"Cisco's Jamal Haider acknowledged during a presentation this week that his team that works on the company's open source-based customer support portal hasn't given much back to the wider Drupal community yet, but he said this talk at the sold-out Acquia Engage conference in Boston is part of an effort to change that."

freedom"These open source mobile tools include mobile management solutions, mobile development tools, security and privacy solutions and mobile apps geared for business."

"Cuando Netscape liberó el código fuente de su navegador web en 1998, parecía un movimiento desesperado por una empresa asediada por Microsoft, que terminó vendida un año después a AOL. Actualmente, no pasa una semana sin que una empresa de tecnología anuncie el lanzamiento de una nueva plataforma, aplicación o extensión, junto a su código fuente, bajo licencia libre Open Source."

"Cuando Netscape liberó el código fuente de su navegador web en 1998, parecía un movimiento desesperado por una empresa asediada por Microsoft, que terminó vendida un año después a AOL. Actualmente, no pasa una semana sin que una empresa de tecnología anuncie el lanzamiento de una nueva plataforma, aplicación o extensión, junto a su código fuente, bajo licencia libre Open Source."

"BOSTON - Jim Whitehurst, the CEO of Red Hat, took the stage at his company's Red Hat Summit with a key message: open innovations takes many forms and it takes work."

"BOSTON - Jim Whitehurst, the CEO of Red Hat, took the stage at his company's Red Hat Summit with a key message: open innovations takes many forms and it takes work."

"About P2P Lab is an independent media lab interested in interdisciplinary research on free/open source technologies and practices. Our mission is to: strive for integrative insights on the open technologies and the peer-to-peer practices. provide consultancy support to organisations and institutions regarding open technologies and relevant socio-economic trends. produce innovative, global techno-economic solutions to local problems. write, edit and publish articles, reports and books in the diverse range of topics we investigate. organise open events for reflection and action as well as to educate people about critical and creative tools for society-changing. We are constantly on the look-out for co-operation on interesting projects. See our facility and equipment."

"Qora, an open source cryptocurrency The blockchain. Marc Andreesen calls it an invention as profound as "computers in 1975" and "the Internet in 1993." Fred Wilson thinks it's the future of social media. Kim Dotcom wants to build a new global network on it. And the team behind Qora wants to bring it directly to you-the open source way, of course."

[... Open Exchange Promoting openness and the free flow of information is one of journalists' most important functions in society. News organizations take bits of information that are hidden or inaccessible, piece them together into a cohesive story, and broadcast that story to readers in a form they can consume. ...]

"A few months ago Google announced a new open source project called Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) that promised to "dramatically improve the performance of the mobile Web," and now Google features AMP content at the top of mobile search results. As the amount of AMP content continues to grow, more questions are being asked about whether or not AMP benefits the open web, and whether AMP is a closed silo."

"Crucial open-source projects including OpenSSL will get at least $5.4 million in funding over three years. By Jared Newman, PC World | Security, openssl May 30, 2014, 10:40 AM - OpenSSL is getting funded for two full-time developers and a security audit in an attempt to prevent another devastating bug like Heartbleed. The money is coming from the Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII), a group of tech companies that came together last month in response to Heartbleed. At the time, CII said that each company would contribute at least $100,000 per year to crucial open-source projects over at least a three-year span, but the group didn't say how it would distribute the funds."

"One of the great strengths of open source is that it provides opportunities for everyone. Regardless of background, age, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation or religion, everyone can benefit from and contribute to some of the most important technologies ever developed. "

"One of the great strengths of open source is that it provides opportunities for everyone. Regardless of background, age, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation or religion, everyone can benefit from and contribute to some of the most important technologies ever developed. "

"(Page 1 of 3) Microsoft officially ended support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. That means the company is no longer patching newly discovered security vulnerabilities in the operating system, and people who continue to use it are opening themselves up to security risks."

"Giving away software offers way more benefits than hoarding it. Matt Asay Jan 28, 2015"

"Giving away software offers way more benefits than hoarding it. Matt Asay Jan 28, 2015"