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• Brazil joins OOXML appeal conga line

  Brazil is to appeal the International Organisation for Standardisation decision to ratify Microsoft Office Open XML, now known as ISO/IEC DIS 29500.

• IBM, Brazil pair up for Linux lambada

  IBM is teaming up with the government of Brazil to develop the country's expertise in open-source software such as Linux, the technology giant announced Friday.

• Brazil votes against Microsoft OOXML 'standard'

  The bid to fast track Office Open XML as an ISO-certified standard has received a setback, with ISO member Brazil casting a 'No' vote.

• Microsoft to expand low-cost Windows to Brazil

  Microsoft plans to expand its low-cost Windows XP Starter Edition program to Brazil, the company confirmed on Monday.

• Cuba to migrate to open source

  The Cuban government is to migrate thousands of its computers to open-source software, in a move that distances the communist nation from US-based Microsoft.

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• Examining Second Life myths for business

  Can virtual worlds make a meaningful contribution to business -- and if so, how can they be protected from invasions of privacy and flying genitalia? ZDNet Australia gets the lowdown from Chris Collins, technical assistant to the CEO at Second Life developer Linden Lab.

• Jonathan Schwartz on the future of Sun

  After a year on the job, Sun's CEO says the company is relevant again but still has problems to fix. In this interview, he admits losing sight of the developer community towards the end of the 1990s, and making what he described as a very bad decision about the company's commitment to Solaris.

• Aussie ISPs have content ambitions

  Executives from several of Australia's largest internet service providers have over the past few months expressed their desire to become media companies in their own right.

• Is mobile Linux ready for the enterprise?

  Cutting costs by deploying Linux is a well-established strategy on the server and even the desktop, but what effect could it have on the cost of mobile computing?

• MIT's open communications campaigner

  Andrew Lippman thinks communities will be key to the future of communications tech.

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• UnitedLinux working on desktop distribution

  Linux Expo: With version 1.0 of its server software on the way, the unified Linux group is also contemplating a desktop rollout. It may also bring in new members.

• UnitedLinux won't tip Red Hat

  A move by four sellers of Linux to unite behind a single version of the operating system might help those allies--and boost Linux's popularity--but it isn't likely to dent the dominance of the top dog, Red Hat.

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