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ProSense

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Tue Sep-15-09 11:38 AM
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White House launches Apps.gov

Edited on Tue Sep-15-09 11:40 AM by ProSense

Streaming at 1:00: In the Cloud

Today, I am excited to announce that we have launched Apps.gov to help continue the President’s initiative to lower the cost of government operations while driving innovation within government. I'll be discussing this in a speech at the NASA Ames Research Center at 1:00 EDT - watch the speech live here:

What is the Federal Cloud Computing Initiative?

Cloud computing plays a key role in the President’s initiative to modernize Information Technology (IT) by identifying enterprise -wide common services and solutions and adopting a new cloud-computing business model. The Federal CIO Council under the guidance of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO), Vivek Kundra, established the Cloud Computing Initiative to fulfill the President’s objectives for cloud computing.

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BlooInBloo

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Tue Sep-15-09 11:43 AM
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1. Coool! (programmer stops working to go play with shiny new toy)

Edited on Tue Sep-15-09 11:44 AM by BlooInBloo

Aw crap - it's just shit to buy. :(

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cliffordu

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Tue Sep-15-09 11:58 AM
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2. What do you program, Bloo??

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BlooInBloo

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Tue Sep-15-09 12:02 PM
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3. Computers.

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cliffordu

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Tue Sep-15-09 12:10 PM
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4. Well....

:rofl:

WHAT. ARE. YOU. PROGRAMMING. ON. YOUR. COMPUTER?

Whattaya work in? C? C++? Java?? PERL?? COBOL??

If you say visual basic, I'll ridicule your choice of operating systems. Promise!!

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BlooInBloo

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Tue Sep-15-09 01:00 PM
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7. Primarily c#/sql...

Sometimes c++ (if I need a maths routine that runs a lot). Sometimes prettymuch-Java (got me a google developer's phone awhile back). Occasionally f#, just because.

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cliffordu

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Tue Sep-15-09 01:15 PM
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8. Thanks...

It's gratifying to know my virtual hombres here are as fucking smart as I think they are.....

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WePurrsevere

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Tue Sep-15-09 12:19 PM
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5. In Social Media it's all "Free" so far...

It looks like some are free.. some cost an arm and two legs and are using private contractors ??
:shrug:

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ProSense

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Tue Sep-15-09 12:54 PM
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6. This is not for commercial use, it's streamlining government operations,

including purchasing.

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WePurrsevere

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Tue Sep-15-09 02:44 PM
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10. Yeah, sorry, I saw that after I had another cup of coffee..

:banghead: It does seem to be that way although it would be nice if they'd open up something comparable for the American people.

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Hutzpa

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Tue Sep-15-09 01:22 PM
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9. New toy indeed

thanks for this....:thumbsup:

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