Open source in government seemed to dominate the OSS dialog this week. In case you haven’t heard, the White House has made the Data.gov source code available on GitHub and is working with the Indian government to complete the “Data.gov-in-a-box”, Open Government Platform for other countries to utilize. While this is big news for potential worldwide open government and transparency initiatives, it wasn’t the only story in open source this week.
- One of the most in depth stories about Data.gov this week, was “White House to open source Data.gov as open government data platform” by Alex Howard on O’Reilly Radar.
- The UK Cabinet Office’s new report, “Total Cost of Ownership of Open Source Software” was reviewed on the ComputerWorldUK blog by Glyn Moody, “Open Source Total Cost of Ownership 2.0.”
- On eWeek, Darryl K. Taft highlighted the main areas enterprise developers should focus on in 2012: “Five Key Enterprise Development Trends.”
- Matthew Broersma reported on eBay’s new open source programming language, called ql.io, in his eWeekUK article, “eBay Open Sources New Query Language.”
- Jack M. Germain expanded on Part 1 of his LinuxInsider article about the future of open source automotive technology with the second installment titled, “Open Source and the Open Road, Part 2.”
- Sam Dean shared “How to Leverage Your Open Source Skills in the Changing Job Market” on OStatic, citing the recent Linux Foundation infographic of job opportunity trends.
- PCWorld published “Windows Store Makes a Special Allowance for Open Source,” by Katherine Noyes, on Microsoft’s decision to allow OSI approved licensed apps in the Windows 8 Store.
And now, an open source gift idea: Looking for stocking stuffers for the open source lover on your holiday list? How about Chocolate Space Invaders?
