“Governor Ted Kulongoski today announced the contribution of
$350,000 by search technology leader Google Inc. to a joint open
source technology initiative of Oregon State University and
Portland State University. With the grant, the universities will
collaborate to encourage open source software and hardware
development, develop academic curricula and provide computing
infrastructure to open source projects worldwide. The universities
will also help provide a bridge between Oregon’s universities and
Oregon’s growing open technology industry.“‘Oregon is home to many of the leading companies, institutions
and executives driving the global market for open source software
and hardware,’ Governor Ted Kulongoski said. ‘Google’s support will
strengthen the leadership role of our universities in fostering the
next generation of open source technologies, projects and experts
in Oregon and enhance our aggressive efforts to bring jobs and
investment to Oregon’s burgeoning open technology cluster…'”
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