Robert Steele: Open Letter to the President: Reinventing National Security – New Book

Short URL: https://tinyurl.com/WH-RDS-2019 The original and three copies of this letter, and four copies of the new book, REINVENTING NATIONAL SECURITY — Grand Strategy, Global Reality, and the U.S. Army — Everything Our President Is Not Being Told, were delivered to the White House by FedEx at 0830 on 29 November. Fifteen copies of the …

Penguin: Huawei Open Source Going Global — Now Imagine China Embracing Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) Across the Board as an Upgrade to the One Belt One Road Strategy?

Huawei’s Harmony OS Will Compete Globally Within 2 Years, Founder Says Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said his company’s much-hyped proprietary operating system would be able to compete with top rival systems within two years, according to a transcript of his Sept. 19 interview with Fortune magazine. Huawei unveiled its home-grown HarmonyOS, also known as Hongmeng …

Ed Jewett: US Intelligence Community Admits Ineptitude with Open Source Information

 Intel Community Grapples With Key Open Source Intel “In our defeat-ISIS activities, we’ve had a struggle and presently continue to struggle with the challenge of open source and publicly available information, and how we leverage that to make it truly useful for the warfighter,” Jospeh Votel, former head of both Special Operations Command and Central …

Penguin: 6 Open Source Android Alternative Operating Systems For Mobiles

6 Open Source Android Alternative Operating Systems For Mobiles In the wake of the ongoing US-Huawei-Google tussle, many Android enthusiasts are wondering about the different alternative phone operating systems that are out there. We have Apple’s iOS at our disposal, but the cost of owning an iPhone makes it an impossible choice for many. This …

Penguin: Adobe Makes Open Source A Priority — This Will Not Save Them

How and Why Adobe is Making Open Source A Strategic Priority In October 2018, Adobe ranked as the 16th largest corporate open source contributor (per Github data), moving up the list from our 32ndranking in 2017. One of the reasons for this growth came from the acquisition of Magento in June 2018 and its open …

Penguin: Why open source is government’s ready-made pilot project

Why open source is government’s ready-made pilot project Phi Beta Iota: Worth a full read.  The author works for Elastic which is being screwed by Amazon (just as Amazon screwed Netflix and will eventually screw every IT vendor to the USG). USG lacks an Open Source Agency that could nurture the opens while keeping the …