Heavyweight world of free software publisher Red Hat has this week opened the doors of opensource.com site, presented as a forum dedicated to the community. The latter was invited to speak on various aspects of open source, starting with the impact that this model might have outside of the software world. The site, in preparation since last October, called on the content manager (CMS) open source Drupal.
It's Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat, who leads with a note in which he outlines the objectives being pursued by the publisher. "This site is one of the ways in which Red Hat wants to give something back to the open source community. We want to create a connection point between all the conversations related to the potential impact - and has - the open source beyond the software world, "it says it, taking care to add that it is neither a site "for Red Hat, or a site" about Red Hat. "
Just launched, the site already has many contents, however, the majority of employees from Red Hat. According to the initial comments left on the site, the initiative seems rather well received.
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