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Amanda Brock

29th January 2021

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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Shane Coughlan

1st January 2021

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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