Where Open Source Multiplies

Open innovation--the passion behind the Civic Commons community
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From the beginning, Civic Commons has been a dynamic community initiative.  What began in January 2010 as a simple wiki of open government...

Posted 22 Feb 2012
Cutting the cord: Vodafone UK's revolutionary approach to mobility, flexibility
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Vodafone believes that working smarter will help businesses survive and thrive in a challenging economic climate. The mobile group's UK operating...

Posted 22 Feb 2012
Health »
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The most comprehensive healthcare IT event, the HIMSS12 Annual Conference & Exhibition, is happening this week in Las Vegas at the Venetian Sands...

Posted 21 Feb 2012
Lori Mehen (Red Hat)
Imdergrads and open source contributors without writing any code
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This is the story of a college class taught inside an open source community. Last fall, I taught Release Engineering to a small group of...

Posted 21 Feb 2012
Booktype makes book collaboration web-based and simple
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If you've ever tried to collaborate with other authors and editors and the many other people who work to make a book successful, you know it's not...

Posted 21 Feb 2012
Ruth Suehle (Red Hat)
A cure for the common troll
Law »
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Our bridge into the 21st Century presently houses a nasty creature who demands a toll from the best and brightest in our community. The dreaded troll...

Posted 20 Feb 2012
Brains: They're what's for dinner
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The modern zeitgeist is obsessed with zombies. In the past decade, 439 zombie-themed films were made, as compared to only 65 in the previous decade....

Posted 20 Feb 2012
Ruth Suehle (Red Hat)
Why the patent system doesn't play well with software: If Eolas went the other
Law »
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Everyone take a deep breath: it seems we've had a moment of sanity in the patent wars. Last week, a jury invalidated the dangerous Eolas patents,...

Posted 17 Feb 2012
Does open design hardware have a place in manufacturing?
Life »
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Do you remember HeathKit? The company that sold circuit board and resistor kits you could assemble to make your own electronics? Building a HeathKit...

Posted 16 Feb 2012
OpenForum Europe finds increase in IT procurement trademarks references
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Report: 'Contracting authorities must take exit costs into account' Public administrations that are procuring IT services and software must add to...

Posted 16 Feb 2012