Open Source programmers earn more and combat trade deficit
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| The findings from the fourth-quarter 2007 Open Source Industry and Community
| survey is out. The authors say the results show open source is effective in
| combating trade deficit and that IT professionals involved in open source
| earn more than their more proprietary colleagues. Let’s check it out.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17626/1141/
Also from Australia:
Wind River Workbench from Dedicated Systems Australia
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| Based on the Eclipse platform, Wind River Workbench is a development platform
| that accelerates time-to-market for developers building devices with VxWorks
| and Wind River Linux.
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http://www.ferret.com.au/c/Dedicated-Systems-Australia/Wind-River-Workbench-from-Dedicated-Systems-Australia-n740018
http://tinyurl.com/5stty4
Recent:
Australian open source industry worth $500 million
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| "The industry as a whole is earning $500 million," said Jeff Waugh,
| co-founder of Waugh Partners, which conducted the survey online late last
| year. "Directly open source related earnings are about $300 million, but the
| reason why we're distinguishing between these numbers is the industry is not
| just companies that build open source software. They also use open source
| products to support other parts of their business as well."
|
| Waugh said the figure was calculated by taking the midpoint earnings figures
| specified by companies who took part, and extrapolating over the broader ICT
| industry using existing data such as surveys by the Australian Bureau of
| Statistics and Australian Computer Society. Waugh Partners estimates the
| respondents represent about a quarter of the overall industry.
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http://www.apcmag.com/australian_open_source_industry_worth_500_million.htm
Open source increases its share
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| BUSINESS generated directly from open source software in Australia is worth
| about $300 million a year, with government a large contributor to the pie, a
| study shows.
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http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,23462470-5013040,00.html?from=public_rss
Local Government Urged to Consider Open Source
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| The senior IT officer from a West Australian shire says open source software
| can provide a way forward for councils suffering budgetary constraints.
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http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;546692901
Related:
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/
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
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