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.
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.
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.
Australia's peak open source body has fresh faces on its board and a renewed focus: the public sector.
Microsoft's products have been left off a list compiled by the Defence Signals Directorate that aims to evaluate and advise whether software is appropriate for use by Australian Government agencies
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.
The total cost of the unending Linux-Windows argument is a great big headache--this latest attempt leaves us none the wiser.
A survey has revealed that more than half of all Australians with a home computer do not understand how to use all the functions offered by the device.
This article from Australian technology commentator Con Zymaris examines the security threat of open source software.
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