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Oregon's Governor Backs Open Source Development
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?"
DHS is Oregon's largest branch of government (or second maybe), and they use very little open source. Here are their "standards".
Other state agencies probably have theirs posted as well...
Actually you are totally incorrect about it raining here. The weather in this area is usually very nice and during the spring and summer, going on small trips lets you go rafting, hiking, mountain biking, cycling, mountains to ski, festivals in Portland, coast is about an hour away, etc... This area is honestly an awesome place to live and work in.
Another OT factoid: He has been to more military funerals than any other major politician. I think he has been to almost every single funeral of an Oregon service member killed in Iraq.
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I think Schwartz said it best.
I became a felon for doing my job with a bit too much enthusiasm.
He used normal security techniques of auditing passwords, he never used the passwords in a dishonest way, and he was authorized to work with the systems. The passwords never left Intel's computers, he didnt actually "HACK" or steal access.
He should of been fired if Intel had an issue, but Oregons law basically make things like using someones xbox without written permission a felony.
Just because a company doesnt like the way you go about doing your jobs shouldnt make you a criminal.
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I live in Wilsonville (close to Portland). I've lived in many other areas in the country. Actually, the weather here is generally really nice in the summer. Between May and October, it is not too hot (usually) or too cold, not raining (usually), and not humid.
The winters are rainy, but compared to other places I've lived its a lot nicer. I've lived in Oklahoma (central), Missouri (Springfield and St. Louis), and Houston, TX.
Houston has a lot of rain in the winter, too. But in the summer, it is far too hot to enjoy the weather outside.
In Oklahoma it is always either far too cold or far too hot to enjoy the outdoors. Same for Missouri.
I love the weather in the northwest. It may only be good weather for half the year, but for that half its great.
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