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'No downsides' to Linux, says procurement official

A New South Wales (NSW) government procurement official has publicly endorsed Linux solutions, telling agencies the operating system has "no downsides". Read more »

ACS: Tech disasters scare government buyers

IT disasters have frightened government purchasers into only dealing with big guns such as EDS and IBM when it comes to awarding contracts, said the nation's peak ICT body as it proposed a raft of initiatives to boost local innovation. Read more »

Council social engineering test exposes flaws

Kingston City Council in Victoria recently conducted a social engineering experiment to see how its staff would react to a stranger trying to gain access to the server room; the exercise revealed, and helped fix, serious flaws in staff awareness. Read more »

Centrelink puts open source commitment in writing

Centrelink is authoring a formal open-source policy document and investing heavily in open-source systems to anchor an improved identity management regime that's hoped to help recover up to AU$50 million in losses to fraud annually, infrastructure planner David Oram told attendees at the AUUG 2004 conference in Melbourne. Read more »

Sandals and ponytail set cramp Linux

The lax dress code of the open-source community is one of the reasons behind the software's slow uptake in commercial environments, says former Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn. Read more »

Firefox sneaks into the enterprise

The Thunderbird email client and Firefox browser are being rolled out in 100,000-plus desktop deployments, says Mozilla. It's just that everybody is too afraid to talk about it. Read more »

Microsoft puts Exchange, SharePoint online

For perhaps the first time in its history, Microsoft made the case on Monday that businesses shouldn't run its software. Instead, the software maker argued that corporations should let Microsoft run the software for them. Read more »

Sun sheds light on its open-source future

Simon Phipps, Sun UK's chief open-source officer, surveys the open-source landscape and reaffirms his company's commitment to open-software development. Read more »

Will a US recession demolish global IT budgets in 2008?

The US sub-prime mortgage lending crisis could lead to economic losses totaling between US$150bn and US$400bn, according to The Wall Street Journal. While this dwarfs the effect of previous disasters such as the dot com bust, analysts remain optimistic that its effect on IT budgets will be flat, rather than disastrous. Read more »

It's Adobe's game to lose, CEO says

Bruce Chizen discusses open source, the importance of video and increasing competition from the likes of Google. Read more »

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Open source: More than just free beer

In response to a recent article questioning the motives of governments that use open source technology, Australian commentator Con Zymaris hits back at Andrew Parsons' anti-open source stance. Read more »

How to make money from Open source

Ever pondered how companies make money from free and open source development projects? Could you open source your code and still make a profit? Con Zymaris puts forward the case. Read more »

10 ways to effectively estimate and control project costs

Estimating what a project will cost is only half the battle; controlling those costs during the project and after delivery is equally critical. Take a look at these methods for predicting and managing costs. Read more »

10 midyear resolutions for net admins

We've put together a list of resolutions aimed at helping net admins line up their priorities, effectively deal with the day-to-day issues, and plan and execute improvements. Read more »

Linux gains an Asian foothold

China, Japan, and South Korea recently announced that they would work together to create a new, Linux-based operating system that would end their dependency on Microsoft. Read more »

Special coverage: Linux.conf.au 2004

Adelaide is set to host Linux.conf.au 2004 --one of the world's largest gatherings of open source developers--Builder AU takes you behind the scenes, in this exclusive coverage. Read more »

KVM steals virtualisation spotlight

A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications. Read more »

Designing for distant shores, part 2

In our final part in our series on selling software overseas, Angus Kidman identifies the business issues you'll need to address. Read more »

Java: The best is yet to come

Java has come to a crossroads as it turns 8 years old. Its future depends on continued investments in reducing the complexity and accelerating innovation and standardisation. Read more »

IBM gets Rational with open source

Big Blue's tools division is expected to detail its plans for using software from the open source project Eclipse to make its products better integrated and to accelerate development. Read more »

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