The Weekly Wrap Up

April 27, 2012 | Posted in: Open Source Wrap Up | by Megan DeGruttola

After weeks of buzz around the so-called “cloud wars,” the Linux Foundation has announced it will host a vendor-neutral open source cloud conference called CloudOpen. From the cloud to new open source advances in government, and a new interview with Red Hat’s CEO, we’ve got you covered with all the open source headlines from this week:

On Wired, Mike Barton reported on the Linux Foundation’s new cloud conference scheduled for August 29-31: “Linux Foundation Backs ‘Open Cloud’ With CloudOpen.”
Ryan McBride reported on FierceBiotechIT about the FDA’s plans to share its data on regulated products through future open source projects: “FDA’s CIO Pushes for Open Source, Cloud Computing.”
On CIO, Anh Nguyen wrote, “Forrester: Hire Software Developers Who Take Part in Open Source Projects,” on recent advice from a Forrester Research VP.
“Support for ODF from the Hungarian Government,” was an article published on The H about the Hungarian government committing over 1 million pounds to support the open document format.
Simon Phipps blogged on ComputerWorldUK about the Open Source Initiative showing support for the Open Standards Requirement of 2006: “OSI Supports Open Standards.”
“Google Dramatically Raises the Pay it Offers Bug Finders,” was a blog by OStatic’s Sam Dean on Google increase in reward offers for its Vulnerability Reward Program.
On TechCrunch, Scott Merrill published the following article on his interview with Red Hat’s CEO about the company’s open source culture: “The Open Source CEO: Jim Whitehurst.”