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  • Open source company prepares MS competition complaint

    An open source software company wants Australia's competition watchdog to force hardware vendors to offer PCs without a Microsoft OS pre-installed and force changes to a public education procurement process it claims is biased towards Redmond.

  • Open source Net support not enough for business

    Businesses should not expect that the open source community will always provide it with the patches and fixes required to deliver business-grade application support, according to a panel of open source advocates speaking at CeBIT in Sydney.

  • Fresh faces for local open-source body

    Australia's peak open source body has fresh faces on its board and a renewed focus: the public sector.

  • Cybersource takes aim at Aust SME server market

    Some critics of Linux say the open source operating system is too difficult to set up for small businesses. One Melbourne-based vendor claims to have overcome that issue.

  • Linux player hits back at Ballmer

    Open source solutions provider Cybersource has lashed out at Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer's statement in Singapore that Linux is potentially in violation of various software idea patents.

Features and Case Studies (4)

  • Can IT save Easter?

    Australia's Easter Bilby faces a logistical nightmare ever year as it sets out to make its chocolate deliveries. ZDNet Australia asked a number of systems integrators how they would solve the Easter Bilby's computational conundrums.

  • Anti-Linux response: The FUD-slinging continues

    Con Zymaris, CEO of Australian IT services company CyberSource, attempts to set the record straight over recent industry comments that his company is muddying the waters when it comes to determining the true cost of corporate open source deployment.

  • Security and open source software: An analysis.

    This article from Australian technology commentator Con Zymaris examines the security threat of open source software.

  • Fighting FUD with FUD

    The total cost of the unending Linux-Windows argument is a great big headache--this latest attempt leaves us none the wiser.

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