Hope people don't mind me forwarding this. I just found it astonishing
that Red Hat have/had a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs as their
chairman, and that open source principles apply apparently in the U.S.
military. I'm tempted to view it just for the sake of the strangeness.
(come to think of it, I have heard people talk with relish of 'nuking
a partition', especially if it has Windows on it... ;-)
v
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: opensource.com <noreply@???>
Date: 14 February 2011 15:26
Subject: Last chance: Feb. 16 webcast with General Shelton, former
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
To: vchurchill@???
Dear Victor,
Don't forget to register for our webcast with General Hugh Shelton.
This Wednesday, opensource.com will host General Hugh Shelton (US Army
retired), former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and chairman of
the Red Hat board of directors, in this month's Open Your World
webcast. Shelton will reflect on his nearly four-decade military
career and how his experiences in the armed services shared many of
the same principles as the open source way.
Through two terms as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the
highest-ranking military officer in the United States and the
principal military advisor to the president of the United States,
General Shelton saw the broad application of open source principles:
meritocracy, rapid prototyping, transparency, sharing, and
authenticity. During the webcast, he'll give examples of the
intersection of the open source way and the military, many of which
are also chronicled in his recently published autobiography, Without
Hesitation: The Odyssey of an American Warrior .
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2-3 p.m. EST
HOW: Register now
(
http://app.engage.redhat.com/e/er.aspx?s=1795&lid=979&elq=90e0de36db6740268f5c02eca63ed870
)
Following his talk, you'll have an opportunity to ask questions. To
ask questions in advance, you can use the registration form (link
above) or email them to osdc-admin@??? . For those who can't
join us, the recording will be available online for a year.
Sincerely,
opensource.com
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