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Medicare sued over computer program
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| AN IT company is taking on Medicare, suing it for anti-competitive conduct
| and breaches of the Trade Practices Act.
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| Thelma Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of technology company ICS Global, has filed a
| statement of claim in the Federal Court, alleging Medicare has misused
| taxpayer funds by replicating its computer program and offering it free to
| those in the private health sector.
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| ICS Global is also suing Medicare for misusing its market power and for
| predatory pricing.
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http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,24273660-15306,00.html
Last week:
Universities that do not use Free Software: Time for a boycott?
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| I received an email recently from a young man in Brazil who wanted me to come
| to his university and talk to the students and faculty about using Free
| Software. I am normally happy to advise universities to use Free Software,
| but usually this is done in conjunction with some large conference held at
| the university or some other venue. I just do not have the time to visit each
| and every school. But I did investigate the university of the student and
| found that Microsoft was indeed a sponsor of the University. In fact, the
| university had a large banner on the front page of their web site talking
| about Microsoft as a partner. It was the first time I saw a university
| advertising a commercial firm on their home page.
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| I started doing a little more investigation of the student's city and found
| that there was another university in the same city that was very active with
| Free Software. In fact, they had a mirror of Debian software and were
| actively promoting Free Software.
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| [...]
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| Ten years ago a boycott might not have been possible. There were too few
| universities that had access to enough really good Free Software to ask the
| students to make a "sacrifice" in forsaking a university that only used
| proprietary software to teach. Now, with the range of Free Software that is
| available, and with the marketplace crying out for new programmers trained in
| Free Software development techniques, and with many more good universities
| using Free Software to teach courses, the university "marketplace" is ready
| for the boycott.
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http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/blogs/paw_prints_writings_of_the_maddog/universities_that_do_not_use_free_software_time_for_a_boycott
Quebec government sued for buying Microsoft software
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| Quebec's open-source software association is suing the provincial government,
| saying it is giving preferential treatment to Microsoft Corp. by buying the
| company's products rather than using free alternatives.
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| The lawsuit by Facil was lodged with the Quebec Superior Court on July 15 and
| made public on Wednesday. In it, the group says the provincial government has
| refused to entertain competing bids from all software providers, opting
| instead to supply public-sector departments with products bought from
| proprietary vendors such as Microsoft and Oracle Corp.
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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/08/27/tech-quebec.html
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