Government CIOs that dismiss open source software because of support issues, which is the case for the Australian Tax Office, Defence and Centrelink, simply do not understand the concept, according to Sun Microsystems.
The problem with open source software is a lack of understanding, not a lack of support, according to a Novell executive who hit back at the CIOs from some of Australia's top government agencies.
Singapore's Ministry of Defence has decided to switch to OpenOffice.org, rather than migrating from its current version of Microsoft Office, according to reports.
The reaction to the release of open source forensics software by the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) has been mixed, after the public has had a chance to tinker with it.
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