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• Microsoft's OOXML 'choice' argument squashed

  Microsoft claims that Australia will benefit from "greater choice" if local standards bodies vote this week to accept the Office Open XML format as an ISO standard.

• Open source Java project wants code donations

  Apache Harmony, a project which plans to create an open source implementation of Java, has called on the Java business community to donate software.

• Sun software follows lead of dot-Net

  Sun Microsystems is to announce details of its Web-based software framework in an attempt to throw off its image as a pure hardware company.

• Sun exec poised to resign

  SCOOP: Vice President Marco Boerries, one of the key players in Sun's evolving software strategy, is angling to leave the company, ahead of its plan to combat Microsoft .Net.

• Google Chrome: 5 reasons for and 5 against

  Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of Chrome. We spoke to industry experts and Google's new rivals to find out why Chrome matters and whether the browser reality can deliver on the hype.

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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.

• UnitedLinux moves closer to OS goal

  UnitedLinux, a combined effort to create a uniform version of Linux for businesses, has indicated that it will ship a test version of its code later this month.

• 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.

• Outsourcing overseas

  Sending software development tasks overseas is the latest cost-cutting phenomenon, but is it a case of 'you get what you pay for'? How can you optimise offshore development?

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• 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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