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Oregon's Governor Backs Open Source Development

Posted by samzenpus on from the building-a-center-near-you dept.

Colonel Panic writes "Oregon's Governor Ted Kulongoski is backing a plan to establish an Open Technology Center in Beaverton (also home to the OSDL). The purpose of the center will be to boost the adoption of open technology among developers and industries. Given that the Portland area hosts OSCON and is the home to the OSDL and now Linus, is Portland becoming the center for Open Source development in the US?"

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  1. Well, since it rains 363 days of the year there... by Harry+Balls · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...there's not much to do in Beaverton besides staying indoors and writing open source software.

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  2. Portland catching up with the rest of the world by Anonymous+Cowherd+X · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is Portland becoming the center for Open Source development in the US?

    As much as any other town with more than 1 famous Open Source developer. One swallow does not make a(n Open Source) summer (camp), even if that swallow flew in from Finland and even if it likes penguins for reasons you do not even want to know.

  3. In breaking news... by ThaDerro · · Score: 2, Funny

    After intense lobbying by a large redmond based software company, GW declares all out war on "Those Commies over thar' in Portland". Airstrikes to begin immediately on the nefarious, shadowy group known only as OSDL.

  4. I'll raise you one: by valkraider · · Score: 2, Funny


    Beaver, Oregon

    The best part is the "Beaver Locator".

  5. you are right by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's miserable in Oregon.
    Please stay away.

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  6. Re:I certainly hope so. by SadButTrue · · Score: 2, Funny

    me too! /goodbye AOL

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  7. Ya hoo!!! by mbrewthx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great for Beaverton!!! The town hasn't been the same since Tanya Harding moved to Wash.

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  8. Re:Seems logical by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Oregon is full of dirty hippies. Especially Portland.

    Excuse me? We are, for the most part, very clean-cut hippies.

  9. Readme!! by hisstory+student · · Score: 2, Funny

    All the derogatory comments in this blog regarding Oregon are true! We are just strange people that love living in these horrible living conditions (like lots of rain and that sort of thing)! You wouldn't like it here, so don't even think of coming here (unless you want to vacation here for a week or so).

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  10. Re:Portland OR: A comment on the town from a resid by jdray · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did I miss something? What does the color of the houses have to do with development of OSS? Furthermore, with all the trees, it's mostly green around here. We're also known as being blue on the political map, though closer examination shows that to be in the metro area, with Eastern Oregon being mostly red. Still, I don't see your point.

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  11. Clean by lgbarker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Absolutely. Waiting for the bus in the rain keeps us well rinsed.

  12. Re:Nah... by lgbarker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Says someone named billybob.

  13. Re:Yesterday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Next slashdot headline:

    "Linus eats at McDonalds, does this mean McDonalds is finally going open source? Could this be a new trend in the fast food industry OS adoption? Is this the year of the Linux desktop? "

    I'm thinking it would be posted by Michael then duped twice by Timothy.