
Openness A short personal history of a lifetime in Open
I first became involved with the concepts of Openness when I was Head of Software Engineering in ICL ASD (Applications Software Division, replacing ICL Dataskill)...
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The Endless rewards of Open Technology
OpenUK director Robert McQueen is the CEO of the newly-formed Endless OS Foundation, and as they launch their new blog, he’s written here about the...
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OpenUK Honours
So, I was awarded a medal. OpenUK, who are a non-profit organisation supporting open source software, hardware, and data, and are run by Amanda Brock, have...
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Did the pandemic “open up” innovation in 2020?
I certainly couldn’t have imagined when I wrote Information Age’s review of open source in 2019, that I would be writing a similar review a...
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Basil Cousins – the Brit who founded Open Forum Europe. Honouring a lifetime of leadership in Open Technology by Shane Coughlan
Basil Cousins has been involved in technology for decades. We often hear that someone has been instrumental in a field, or has made an exceptional...
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Liz Rice winner of the OpenUK Individual Award on improving open source in society
I’m delighted to be the winner of the Individual category at the inaugural Open Technology Awards. If you’re involved with containers, Kubernetes and cloud native...
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OpenUK Awards – Diversity and Need based Scholarship – Join us and receive a goody box
We are so excited to be hosting our Awards on 20 October thanks to the Sponsorship of Bristows law firm. As with many things this...
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Why ‘Data for London’ is vital to helping the city prepare for the challenges and opportunities ahead
This month the London Data Commission (LDC) published a report that I hope will serve as part of the blueprint for making better use of one of...
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Open Chain kicks off UK Work Group with support of OpenUK Legal and Policy Committee
The launch of the OpenChain UK Work Group marks another milestone in a year of milestones for the OpenChain Project. In the past twelve months...
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