Forge.mil and the US military

The US military has become more and more interested in open source software. Forge.mil is one of the latest achievements in the US military’s move toward open source inside its various branches.

Chris Nimmer reports for Opensource.com:

Forge.mil was founded based on the success of earlier collaborative software initiatives, with the goal of extending collaboration across all of the DoD, including the U.S. military, government civilians, and an extensive network of contractors and partners.

The primary goals of developing the open source Forge.mil community were to create a more open and transparent development process that could remove barriers to reuse, encourage collaboration, and discourage proprietary or closed systems. Build such an extensive, collaborative community required a powerful and adaptable Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform to enable code reuse and quality improvements, as well as improve of time to market for new applications. Ultimately, the DoD chose CollabNet’s TeamForge ALM platform as a foundation on which to build Forge.mil.

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