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What we at Red Hat care most about is our people. Grounded in our values of freedom, accountability, courage, and commitment, we continue to stand with the LGBTQIA+ community against harmful developments targeting them in the United States and globally. bit.ly/2RDultf
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📢 We've said it before and we'll say it again. Open, inclusive communities are what power Red Hat. Congratulations to the U.S. Congress for passing the #RespectforMarriageAct. Loving, committed couples have the right to fair treatment and respect under the law.
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In a recent friend-of-the-court brief, Red Hat joined other companies in support of courts, litigants, and the public knowing who funds litigation and who decides a party’s strategy. bit.ly/3AZzW0n
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While always relevant, these issues are critical when facing patent assertion entities—empty shell corporations empowered by murky funding, contingent fee lawyers, elusive principals, and nuisance-settlement tactics.
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Kudos to the U.S. Senate for passing the #RespectForMarriageAct. Now on to the House.
Red Hat depends on our open, inclusive culture. Thank you to the U.S. Senate for advancing the #RespectForMarriageAct. Loving, committed couples have the right to fair treatment and respect under U.S. law. bit.ly/3E8My5S
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Red Hat depends on our open, inclusive culture. Thank you to the U.S. Senate for advancing the #RespectForMarriageAct. Loving, committed couples have the right to fair treatment and respect under U.S. law. bit.ly/3E8My5S
Good read in a timely topic CC: @CISAgov @ONCD
Do all vulnerabilities REALLY matter? Sometimes we determine the answer based on feelings rather than facts. If it sounds scary maybe it is! But then again, maybe it isn't. I take a look at some facts that inform @RedHat's approach. redhat.com/en/blog/do-all-vu… #prodsec #infosec
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Red Hat's answer to the OpenSSL Critical impact CVE. Spoiler alert: Only RHEL 9 is affected. Learn more at red.ht/3DirRnX #openssl #securityawareness #incidentresponse #redhat #crypto #security #redhatenterpriselinux #rhel #cve
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Great to be back in person celebrating our brand, culture and people #WeAreRedHatWeek. @RedHat has a long partnership with @Rise2030 to work together to end hunger
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#openuk #opensource ⁦@MarkBoTech⁩ ⁦@RedHatPolicy⁩ speaking on wide array of policy challenges w/ great line up of panelists ⁦@RebeccaRumbul⁩ ⁦Jim Zemlin @linuxfoundation⁩ ⁦@EmmaThwaites⁩ and Benjamin Nickolls
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In the first half of 2022, 11.9 million #OSS packages were downloaded, With benefits like cost saving, collaboration, and community, open source software’s growth in the UK is no surprise. Great insights at @openuk_uk on how we continue the momentum. What are your thoughts?
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One challenge, the UK must contend with is the need for more talent with coding and technical knowledge. Back-end developers, cloud engineers, and agile software development leads remain in high demand.
Solid discussion on the practical #security of using #opensource software, including a candid assessment of #Log4j and #Heartbleed consumption #openuk #CyberSecurity
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Thoughtful Keynote from #LordMaude at opening of #OpenUK Thought Leadership Day
The CHIPS and Science Act gets its name for boosting semiconductors, but #dyk the U.S. bill includes $1.5 billion for promoting and deploying wireless technologies that use open and interoperable radio access networks. #openRAN red.ht/3Cpr1oK
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How do you spend your coffee hour? We bet we can make it better. Join us for #RedHatCoffeeHour, a monthly web series where we invite leaders, visionaries, and even the occasional celebrity, for a chat: bit.ly/3NKdtcf
#icymi @EU_DIGIT has a new central code repository—code.europa.eu. Using an #opensource solution, the repository makes code development, sharing, and reuse in the European public sector easier.
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To borrow from @gaffey_veronica, who announced code.europa.eu at a Brno event, "It is a practical, incremental step toward achieving digital sovereignty." Thanks to @EU2022_CZ @otevrenamesta @opencontentcz @OpenForumEurope and @redhatcz for hosting the announcement.
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Congratulations to incoming @WHOSTP Director Dr. Arati Prabhakar. Prabhakar’s experience with @DARPA and @NIST will be an asset to President Biden’s cabinet, and the U.S.'s federal science and technology policy. bit.ly/3dMVqoL
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