An Agency that Learns

What "open source first" really means for a government agency.

New York Tax Credit for Open Source

The New York State Assembly is considering a bill to provide open source developers a tax credit. It's problematic, but the idea is sound.

Hellekson’s Law: DOD Edition

Dan Risacher of the DOD CIO's office applies Hellekson's Law to the DOD Open Source policy, and I am flattered.

#4: Destitute and Idempotent

Dave and Gunnar talk about Google Spring Apocalypse, UK Digital Policy, Rasberry Pi, how the operating system is dead (again), Code for America, Blue Button, Stalkers, and Gunnar's own personal Grand Theft Auto.

Cult of the Product and Affirmative Action

A study of Dutch procurement bias against open source yields some valuable lessons about why technology procurements are so truly terrible.