Daily Links for 23 February 2012

USAF Special Operations cancels iPad buy after requiring a Russian-built app in the tender. http://t.co/n9kpylot Whoops.

— Gunnar Hellekson (@ghelleks) February 23, 2012

You think open source software is good for the government? Check out @ghelleks 5 Minutes for Open Source http://t.co/MYA8a2cK

— Will LaForest (@WLaForest) February 23, 2012

"We now recognize that historical facts are no one's property" …and the time zone database is safe. http://t.co/f4pTz2y4

— Gunnar Hellekson (@ghelleks) February 23, 2012

Hey #Chicago #Techies! NoSQL, Distributed Caching, Infinispan Grok-o-rama (& free food) http://t.co/9o3y4WAS cc @ChicagoJBUG @JBossUGs

— Ray Ploski (@rayploski) February 23, 2012

Starting Friday, @codeforamerica is hosting events for developers + designers to make their cities even better http://t.co/Cu1v5LKK #cfa2012

— AIGA (@AIGAdesign) February 22, 2012

And not every day, as I was led to believe. "@MarkBoTech: Today, February 23rd, is International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day."

— Gunnar Hellekson (@ghelleks) February 24, 2012

Happy to be in Austin. pic.twitter.com/8a37QbYI

— Gunnar Hellekson (@ghelleks) February 24, 2012

Great KVM adoption – http://t.co/3Z895ZAQ

— brian stevens (@addvin) February 23, 2012

2011 #Coverity scan is out, and #opensource defects per 1k LoC are down to 0.45 vs 0.64 proprietary. http://t.co/OVGNZnxj Woot!

— Gunnar Hellekson (@ghelleks) February 24, 2012