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Open-sourced Technology Levels the Playing Field Between Tech Giants and Startups

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The contest between proprietary technology and open source has been ongoing for a decade.Today, some of the most premium technology is open-sourced and free. Even Google's highly prized Borg software is becoming open-sourced. Government push for open source software.

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NGA and DigitalGlobe Release Powerful Application To Community Under Open Source License

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January 13, 2015. Available to the public through NGA’s GitHub account, the software can be useful in many situations,” said Chris Rasmussen, NGA’s public software development lead. The software use, modification, and distribution rights are stipulated within the Apache 2.0 SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Government Solutions.

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Google’s VR painting app is getting the axe, but it will live on as an open-source project

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Google is ending development on the virtual reality painting app Tilt Brush — one of the most well-known VR applications — and making it open source. Tilt Brush’s code can be accessed on GitHub now , but Google says some features had to be removed from the open-source release because of licensing restrictions.

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what every open source project needs

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In the last few years open source has transformed the software industry. From Android to Wikipedia, open source is everywhere, but how does one succeed in it? This presentation was delivered at sinfo.org in Feb 2015. What Every Successful Open Source Project Needs. The Software Era: ?

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10 highest-paying IT skills for 2024

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These roles include data scientist, machine learning engineer, software engineer, research scientist, full-stack developer, deep learning engineer, software architect, and field programmable gate array (FPGA) engineer. It is used to execute and improve machine learning tasks such as NLP, computer vision, and deep learning.

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The Radiant Group Acquires HumanGeo to Advance Data Analytics and Open Source Capabilities

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ARLINGTON, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 13, 2015) - The Radiant Group, Inc., a premier provider of technical solutions and services to the Federal Government, announced today that it has acquired The Human Geo Group, LLC, a data analytics and software development company, for cash and stock.

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Fed News Roundup 13 July 2015

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Hootenanny crowdsources geospatial data analysis - GCN.com GCN (Today) - Hootenanny crowdsources geospatial data analysis The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has publicly released Hootenanny, a software toolkit designed to harness the power of crowdsourced mapping for geospatial big data analytics. million Navy contract.