The creator of the popular Samba software, which enables Linux machines to act as Windows file-servers, Andrew Tridgell, has been named Australia's smartest person in the ICT sector by Australia's Bulletin Magazine. ZDNet Australia spoke to Tridgell, and Professor Bill Caelli of Queensland's University of Technology (QUT) -- a runner up on the 'Smart 100' list -- about the state of open source in Australia and the future of ICT and open source.
A US-based security company has apologised for prematurely disclosing code that took advantage of a serious vulnerability in Samba, the Linux-based file and print sharing software commonly used in Windows environments.
In this ZDNet Australia special report, the creator of the open source file sharing software Samba explains how he came to write the software that has earned him Bulletin Magazine's Smartest 100 award in the ICT sector for 2003.
Australians working with open source software are urged to participate in an online census launched this week to discover the capabilities of the local industry.
Whether you use Linux for recreational purposes or are a full-time professional software developer, the third national Linux conference will open its doors in Queensland next month, and if its two Aussie predecessors are anything to go by you’ll leave raving about it.
Though they may not be household names like Thorpie or Lleyton, local developers rank among the world's best.
Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, Samba author and recipient of the mantle for Australia's "smartest man in IT", tells how Samba was nearly named Salmonberry, and what the SMB 2 protocol can do.
This year's linux.conf.au conference, held at Melbourne University, was an all out Linux free-for-all. Highlights include images of the new XO Linux laptop and an interview with Linus Torvalds.
Non-profit organisations are keen to take advantage of emerging technologies such as social networking for fundraising and software as a service for administration, but a lack of perceived support options is keeping them away from open source software and focused on traditional providers such as Microsoft.
One Linux Australia past president thinks so. In other Linux.conf.au coverage, a leading IT lawyer claims that an expensive and ineffective patent regime is hampering the work of Australia's software community.
Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, Samba author and recipient of the mantle for Australia's "smartest man in IT", tells how Samba was nearly named Salmonberry, and what the SMB 2 protocol can do.
Australia's very own "smartest man in ICT", Samba author Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, talks about the days when Microsoft was run by programmers, not lawyers, and how the software giant has finally started to give open-source developers due credit.
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