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[News] Australian Green Call for Increased Use of Free Software

  • Subject: [News] Australian Green Call for Increased Use of Free Software
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:42:21 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Greens press for open source software policy

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| Greens communications spokesman Scott Ludlam 
| has called for the Commonwealth to better 
| audit its software licensing and support costs 
| and to encourage the adoption of open source 
| software where a robust alternative exists.
| 
| [...]
| 
| The Commonwealth is understood to spend more 
| than $500 million annually on software 
| licences and support.
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http://www.itwire.com/information-technology-news/e-government/30769-greens-press-for-open-source-software-policy


Recent:

Lundy plays good cop to Conroy's bad cop

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| Last week at the annual Australian national
| Linux conference in New Zealand, Waugh, a
| former self-styled open source advocate, was
| using loads of  tired bizspeak to promote
| the so-called open government policy  - but
| she avoided saying anything about the
| filter. When someone dd try to engage her on
| the subject, she did a deft sidestep.
|
| Meanwhile, yesterday, at the closing
| ceremony of the same conference, the other
| half of the family, Jeff, was urging people
| to black out their avatars on their social
| networking sites to protest against the
| policy.
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http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30665&Itemid=1090
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