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  • Oracle touts Linux at AU talkfest

    Oracle continued its bullish optimism for its Linux strategy at its OpenWorld customer event in Melbourne today, revealing that 90 per cent of new Australasian customers had deployed its database on the operating system over the last 12 months.

  • IBM claims SCO conspiring with Microsoft over Linux

    IBM has accused Microsoft of conspiring with SCO in an attempt to derail Linux.

  • Hope fades for federal open source laws

    Federal parliament is unlikely to debate the Democrats' proposed open source software bill, according to the Senator shepherding the legislation, Brian Greig.

  • Microsoft: No support for Office XP on Linux

    Microsoft Australia today said it would not directly support customers running Office XP on Linux using porting applications such as CodeWeaver's CrossOver Office package.

  • Aust open source drama echoes SCO fight

    Australian courts may soon host a legal drama reminiscent of the open source legal watershed brought about when SCO's sued IBM for allegedly misappropriating its Unix intellectual property and distributing it with Linux.

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