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Typical Australian open source developers are 26 years old and spend their days being bored in Canberra. Despite that, free software enthusiasts have more sex and earn more money than you might expect, a new survey reveals.
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Steve Turvey of RMIT IT Test Labs provides an indepth view of the latest technologies to hit Australia.
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