Red Hat, Oracle, Sun to Promote Open Source to U.S. Government

Yours Truly has often joked that the open source – or “open innovation” movement, as it’s sometimes called – sometimes resembles a quasi-religious cult. Now, however, it’s starting to resemble a political action committee.

Open Source for America is an alliance of more than 50 companies (including Red Hat,Oracle (News - Alert) and Sun), technology industry leaders, associations, various non-governmental organizations, communities and academic/research institutions.