There’s a great sense of altruism in the open source community. Ask any founder or developer of open source projects why they are involved and their primary answer will center on the idea of giving something back to the world and making a difference. With the presidential race upon us both parties are asking the American people to get involved, get in the trenches and give back to the country. The open source community could rally around certain technologies that serve to strengthen the country and do so with this being the focal point. Stronger security technologies, better health care management systems, better applications for first responders. I could come up with a long list.
While the open source community is already working on technologies in these areas, it would be interesting to see something take shape where founders and developers marry the notion of community with national pride. I don’t know what it is, exactly, but I think there’s a there there.
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