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ASEAN Free Software Wishlist
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| But, so far as I am aware no one actually is throwing money around. Which is
| disappointing, given that the Australian government donates $100 million a
| year to the copyright lobby and even more to the closed source lobby.
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http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/asean-free-software-wishlist/
Our government should adopt communism to save money
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| Why isn't our government considering doing something similar? It is about to
| sign another deal with Microsoft locking the government in to using Microsoft
| software for another 3 years. This deal is called "G2009". The New Zealand
| Open Source Society (NZOSS) has called for an immediate halt to the G2009
| process. "We rush to criticise banks for profit-taking, but here we are
| negotiating for marginal cost savings from one of the government's biggest IT
| suppliers while they take massive profits from the taxpayer," says NZOSS
| President Don Christie.
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http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/show-me-money/2009/5/20/our-government-should-adopt-communism-save-money/?c_id=3&objectid=10573369
Recent:
Microsoft whole-of-government deal sealed
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| THE federal Government hopes to save at least $15 million per annum over four
| years through a new whole-of-government arrangement with Microsoft Australia.
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http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25028754-15306,00.html
Breaking news: Australian Government's Classification Board website hacked
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| Breaking News: Australian Classification Board website attacked by hackers
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| In the mad fight to finally get a true R18+ rating for Australian gamers,
| there have been a few blows passed from both teams - the latest one was a
| flat-out refusal of the rating back in February 2009.
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| On top of that is the contention over ACMA's blacklist, of which the
| Classification Board was recently placed in charge of.
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http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/News/140964,breaking-news-australian-government-website-hacked.aspx
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