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The SCO Group, which has argued that the widely used General Public License (GPL) for open-source software is unconstitutional and violates antitrust laws and export controls, has added more software covered by the license to its newest version of Unix.
Open-source software maker MontaVista Software is advising customers not to pay any money to The SCO Group, which recently offered licensing plans that cover most versions of Linux.
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The Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson claims that one of the reasons he hasn't deployed much open source software is due to security fears, with the code not subject to enough "technical scrutiny".
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Microsoft chief executive discusses the software giant's recent concessions regarding open source software.
Optus CIO Lawrie Turner talks about the telco's attitude towards open source software.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about the company's plans to use open source software.
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 Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson claims that one of the reasons he hasn't deployed much open source software is due to fears about security because the code has not been subject to enough "technical scrutiny".
Microsoft's shared source chief Jason Matusow on how the programme will spread beyond platforms and whether Office source code will be released. The question is, does anybody want it?
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