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  • Amsterdam to evaluate open source

    The city of Amsterdam has become the latest high-profile public sector organisation to evaluate the potential of open-source software.

  • Microsoft chases London councils after Newham victory

    Microsoft unveiled ambitious plans on Monday to encourage the use of its products across London councils, using Newham Council to showcase what its software can do.

  • Sydney maps -Information Highway"

    Sydney will be mapped online as part of a new Web site, set up to provide Internet users with satellite imagery, road maps and even accident data to avoid that traffic jam on the way home from work.

  • French kids get open source on USB

    To help make kids aware of alternatives to proprietary software, the Ile-de-France, the political district of greater Paris, will be giving 175,000 school children and apprentices a USB key loaded with open-source software.

  • Birmingham considers Linux extension

    Birmingham City Council is mulling an extension to its open-source software deployment, which was criticised last year for falling short of expectations.

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  • Linux to get mainstream server test

    A consortium devoted to improving Linux for high-end servers has developed a suite of tools designed to make widely used speed tests available to Linux programmers.

  • JD Edwards customers positive but wary

    A user conference in Melbourne almost goes pear-shaped for Oracle.

  • Global lessons in e-voting

    India reports success, while Venezuela fears fraud. What can the world learn?

  • CRM right here, RightNow

    On-demand customer relationship managemet provider RightNow Technologies claims it is the only true believer when it comes to hosted software.

  • Australia: SAP vs Oracle

    SAP's Geraldine McBride and Oracle's Leigh Warren, leaders of two of the world's biggest enterprise software companies, go head to head.

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