linux.conf.au: Tying up all those loose ends
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| Walsh was elected to the Linux Australia commiteee at the 2007 conference.
| And sometime later a chat with chief conference organiser Donna Benjamin was
| the starting point for his decision to agree to being Mr Networking for the
| Melbourne conference.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15517/1091/
An Open Letter to the New Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd
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| I am talking about Linux, Firefox, OpenOffice and countless other
| cooperatively-developed software products. Not only are the Open Source
| products cheaper, they are more open and standards-compliant, which means
| they play nicer with software from other sources. Best of all, they run on
| less powerful hardware and require fewer hardware upgrades, reducing the
| amount of money that needs to be spent just to get the infrastructure up and
| running. Ongoing running costs are also likely to be cheaper. And that's just
| the hard (dollar) benefits.
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http://wisdomofganesh.blogspot.com/2007/11/open-letter-to-new-australian-prime.html
Related:
Pollies back Open Source
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| If politicians' attitudes towards Open Source software affects the way you'll
| vote in tomorrow's Federal election, you may be interested in the results of
| a survey of the major parties carried out by Open Source Industry Australia.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15480/1054/
SA eyes Apple, Red Hat to dodge vendor lock-in
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| The South Australian government is looking at a software overhaul that could
| see Apple or Red Hat taking over from Microsoft on the state's PCs. Analysts
| warn, however, skills costs could still lead to a software environment
| dominated by a single platform.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/SA-eyes-Apple-Red-Hat-to-dodge-vendor-lock-in/0,139023769,339283166,00.htm?feed=rss
Feds revise IT procurement model
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| The federal government has launched version two of the SourceIT
| model contracts and user notes aimed at simplifying procurement of
| information technology 12 months after the first version.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=805606582&rid=-50
Governments slammed for anti-competitive software tendering practices
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| A leading Australian open source advocate has called for an end for to
| tender lock-outs of competitors to Microsoft, claiming the practice
| is costing Australian taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each
| year.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/11496/53/
Don't mention the broadband speeds
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| The outspoken Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is on a whirlwind tour of
| Australia, but don't expect to hear too much about him as he's being kept
| out of the limelight.
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| [...]
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| But Microsoft has kept the boss's movements out of the public eye
| and a spokeswoman said "we are not letting any media in" to watch
| today's speech. Instead, a video recording of the speech will be
| uploaded for journalists to watch after the event.
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| Microsoft confirmed the video would be edited but would not say
| if the editing was done for aesthetics reasons or to conceal
| certain comments from the public.
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/dont-mention-the-broadband/2007/05/25/1179601632521.html?s_cid=rss_technology
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