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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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Rob McQueen

21st January 2021

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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22 hours ago

Welcome to the #OpenUK team, to our new Ambassador Jordi Mon Companys @JordiMonPMM https://t.co/Y4PUz4HEWv https://t.co/50EdraLPlW

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3 days ago

Well deserved, if pandemic post delayed @whaleygeek Creative Director of The first edition of our course. This year’s Creative Director is @rehana_makes suppored by @LowenaHull and @helenleigh. #OpenUK Kids’ camp is part of #GNOME Community Education Challenge Phase 3! https://t.co/RpAKjjJQv0

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Welcome to the #OpenUK team, to our new Ambassador Jason Evans @WIKI_NLW https://t.co/Y4PUz4HEWv https://t.co/gSwCo2eBQE

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4 days ago

Last chance to sign up to hear #opensourcesoftware contributor @DivaDanese talking about @NearForm and their test and trace app created in Ireland https://t.co/nNm66j3BuC

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Welcome to the #OpenUK team, to our new Ambassador Ian Watt @watty62 https://t.co/Y4PUz4HEWv https://t.co/h89fV689pZ

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5 days ago

Don’t forget to join Danese Cooper on Friday to learn about the #testandtrace app donated to the @linuxfoundation at the #OpenUK Future Leaders group. All welcome https://t.co/nNm66j3BuC

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Welcome to the #OpenUK team, to our new Ambassador Christopher Howard @chris_howard https://t.co/Y4PUz4HEWv https://t.co/PhtWGfIvQy