Security concerns have kept the Australian Tax Office (ATO) from adopting open source software, according to the agency's CIO Bill Gibson.
More and more governments around the world are requiring their agencies to use free or open source software and use proprietary software only as a last resort. Microsoft is working overtime to quell the revolution.
Intel on Wednesday released open-source software intended to give Linux full-fledged 3D graphics support and to give the chipmaker an advantage over rivals ATI Technologies and Nvidia.
The French Education Ministry is deploying thousands of Red Hat Linux-based servers while Germany is moving 40 percent of its university students to Suse Linux.
Red Hat is still the flavour of the month in the Linux market, despite Novell making some inroads after its controversial alliance with Microsoft.
The South Australian government is looking at a software overhaul that could see Apple or Red Hat taking over from Microsoft on the state's PCs. Analysts warn, however, skills costs could still lead to a software environment dominated by a single platform.
In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik sees potential for open source in overseas markets, but obstacles include Microsoft.
The software giant ventured into hostile territory on Wednesday to argue its case during a live debate over the future of the Linux desktop.
Red Hat's CTO claims future struggles for open source may involve political and political challenges in copyright law or digital rights management or intellectual property issues, rather than winning respect.
Red Hat and Intel have settled a licensing hiccup that threatened to prevent the Linux company from contributing to Intel's open-source project--a reminder of the frictions that can arise between the commercial tech world and the open-source community.
The next version of the heart of the Linux operating system is expected by June, according to project founder Linus Torvalds.
Intel is working on Linux support for Centrino, its package of chips for mobile computers with wireless networking abilities, but the company hasn't yet decided how or when to release it.
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