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Open source must co-op to win govt contracts
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| Google architect Grant Allen joined Labor Senator Kate Lundy and analyst Sam
| Higgins at Open Cebit 2008 to debate how the open source community can
| compete with software giants in a market geared to splurging millions on IT
| in return for SLAs and vendor liability.
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| The largest barrier to mainstream open source adoption is the entrenched
| ideals of proprietary software that business has come to expect, according to
| Higgins, research director at analyst firm Longhaus.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=837782627&rid=-50
2008 LinuxWorld Hosts Open Source Community Days
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| Four of the biggest and most vibrant communities in open source will convene
| at this summer's event for day-long sessions
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http://presentationmaster.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=398453
Recent:
KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation to co-host flagship conferences
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| The boards of KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation have issued a call to co-host
| Akademy and GUADEC, the flagship conferences of the KDE and GNOME projects
| respectively, during the Summer of 2009.
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http://ev.kde.org/announcements/2008-04-22-akademy-guadec.php
Nokia adds Qt to Maemo
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| The announcement, first posted on Apr. 15, may be available here, with a
| Google cache here. Meanwhile, a community developer has already managed to
| port KDE to Nokia N8xx tablets. And, Nokia is actively porting Ubuntu to ARM.
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| All in all, it looks like device and desktop software will continue to
| converge.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5207224816.html
Nokia "definitely" preparing Linux-based phones, flavor unknown
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/20/nokia-dehttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/20/nokia-definitely-preparing-linux-based-phones-flavor-unknown/finitely-preparing-linux-based-phones-flavor-unknown/
http://tinyurl.com/3usutw
Nokia eyes wider usage of Linux in cellphones
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| "It's going to be terribly important," Nokia's Chief Financial Officer Rick
| Simonson told an investor conference when asked about the role of Linux-based
| tablets.
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| He said the company has been developing the next generation of Linux-based
| products, which are starting to come to the market.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNewsMolt/idUKL207696020080520
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