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Google Strikes Record-Breaking NZ/AUS Deal
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| For at least the next three years, Google will play a significant role in the
| delivery of New Zealanders' mail. The Postal Services Group of New Zealand
| Post has entered an agreement that'll have it putting Google Apps in front of
| 2,100 employees.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/07/21/google-strikes-record-breaking-new-zealandaustralia-deal
The grand Google plan against the whole Microsoft stack
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| As Google’s blog notes, NeatX is an X Window implementation originally
| created by No Machine of Italy under the GPL in 2003. The No Machine business
| model included a proprietary server. NeatX is an open source alternative,
| also offered under GPL V2.
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| [...]
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| This is the question Google must answer, at all levels of its stack.
| Functions must be balanced, between what’s on your desk, your lap, or in your
| hand, and what’s synced to the cloud. The cloud must also provide a host of
| software and services we presently assume will remain totally under our
| personal control. That control must be guaranteed.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4508
Edmonton considers divorcing Microsoft
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| “I told Microsoft I’m giving them their divorce papers,” says City of
| Edmonton CIO Chris Moore. The municipality’s IT department is considering
| walking away from Microsoft Corp. applications and investing in open source
| instead. It’s just one step in a major IT transformation, the CIO explains.
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http://www.itnewscanada.ca/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=4961&option=com_virtuemart&np=1&vmcchk=1http://www.itnewscanada.ca/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=4961&option=com_virtuemart&np=1&vmcchk=1
Murphy's Law: A Tale of Open Source Cities (No Sims Included)
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| Let's first consider the actual parameters of Vancouver's motion, which calls
| for more than just switching from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org. In it,
| the legislation defines three principle calls to action:
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| * Open and Accessible Data: the City of Vancouver will freely share with
| citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data
| possible while respecting privacy and security concerns;
| * Open Standards: the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible
| to adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other
| formats of media;
| * Open Source Software: the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing
| software or considering new applications, will place open source software
| on an equal footing with proprietary systems during procurement cycles.
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/murphys_law_tale_open_source_cities_no_sims_included
Tomorrow night there will be tears at MSFT.
Recent:
London Stock Exchange reportedly to dump £40m platform
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| Dropping TradElect would be a dramatic about-face for the exchange, which had
| heavily promoted its ability to rival newer, dedicated electronic exchanges,
| and plumbed millions of pounds into doing so. It runs on HP ProLiant Servers
| and Microsoft .Net and SQL Server 2000 systems, and within a Cisco network
| architecture.
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/59A7846C896BEA95CC2575E5007D8F33
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