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[News] Jeff Waugh Spread the Free Software Message in Australia

  • Subject: [News] Jeff Waugh Spread the Free Software Message in Australia
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:06:53 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Open source to help quell ICT trade deficit: Waugh

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| Waugh Partners is conducting a census on the proliferation of open source to 
| gauge the level of adoption among local enterprises and to help businesses 
| become more aware of its relevance.  
| 
| "We think open source is good for the IT industry and innovation," Waugh 
| said. "It has ignited competition with companies using open source to enter 
| the industry and create new business models. It has raised the value point 
| over just the software product itself - you have to have great integration, 
| service and support to succeed. And it lowers the barrier to entry as you can 
| create products built on open source to provide grander solutions."      
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1308378583

More more open source news:

Hyperic Partners with JasperSoft to Provide Advanced Reporting for IT
Management

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| In new Hyperic HQ 3.1 Enterprise incorporates all of the features released in 
| August with Hyperic HQ 3.1, which was recognized with LinuxWorld’s “Best 
| System Management Tool” award.  
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http://www.hyperic.com/news/releases/09_24_2007jasper.html


Related (from Australia):

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.
|
| [...]
|
| 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.
| 
| 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


Governments Must Reject Gates' $3 Bid to Addict Next Billion PC Users 

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| "Microsoft's strategy of getting developing nations hooked on its
| software was clearly outlined by Bill Gates almost a decade ago," said
| Con Zymaris, CEO of long-standing open source firm Cybersource. 
| 
| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
|  
|   "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
|   people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
|   As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
|   They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
|   collect sometime in the next decade."[1]
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html

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