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
Can't blame being so scared and corrupt. It's happening.
Recent:
LAMS rollout across entire NT school system
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| The Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and
| Training (DEET) today began the rollout of Macquarie University's
| Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) software to all NT
| public schools.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=782325428&rid=-50
Related:
Linux reaches the Italian Parliament
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| As reported by the Italian newspaper Repubblica on July 10th, 2007, a plan
| suggested by the left deputies Pietro Folena and Franco Grillini to migrate
| all the computers of the Parliament from Windows to Linux was approved by the
| Chamber.
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| The migration will affect about 3500 boxes of the Chamber, both desktops and
| servers, and each Deputy/Party may also ask to migrate his/its (private)
| computers to the Free System.
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http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org/blog/linux-docs/italian-parliament-moves-to-linux/
The French Parliament switches to Ubuntu
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| The French Parliament looks to be the next big Ubuntu switcher according to
| reports. Recently the Parliament produced an official government report
| that recommended the use of free software over proprietary software. The
| switch to free software is expected to provide a substantial savings to the
| tax-payers according to the government study.
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http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/814
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