Open Source Software Helped Obama Win the 2012 Election Campaign | Linux Today

Open Source Software Helped Obama Win the 2012 Election Campaign

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
May 16, 2013

One reason Obama won the 2012 presidential election was his staff’s use of open source. Harper Reed, CTO of Obama for America, tells all.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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