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Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax office, spoke to ZDNet.com.au about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together.
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ID management expert Phil Libin says critics knocking an upcoming government security program miss the point.
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