IBM and Novell's inking of contracts to formally become members of the NSW government's Linux and open source panel should finally start delivering some real competition in state procurement.
Linux and open source solution suppliers wishing to respond to the NSW government's long-awaited Linux tender -- to be released on Wednesday -- will have until 28 October to do so, officials said
A NSW government project to make open source software and solutions cheaper and more accessible to its agencies is understood to have been boosted by IBM's confirmation of its membership of a panel of authorised suppliers.
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