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AU government commissions open source procurement guide

The federal government has commissioned a sourcing guide designed to give departments and agencies an improved understanding of the procurement processes involved for open source software and solutions. Read more »

Open-source coders hailed as heroes

Open-source contributors who use their spare time to add to public projects are the virtual world's equivalent of lifeboat men, according to a think-tank report. Read more »

OSDL ponders open-source code repository

The organisation is considering working on an open-source repository with SourceForge which could be used to check for prior art in software patents, but an anti-patent expert argues it would be of limited use. Read more »

New GPL on the horizon

The long awaited update to the GPl is at least a year away and the process of refining it 'is going to be a screaming match' according to Eben Moglen, a key lawyer involved in the new draft. Read more »

AU Unix and open systems group in dire straits

One of the oldest Unix user groups in the world -- the Australian Unix and Open Systems Users Group (AUUG) -- may be forced to close its doors due to declining membership. Read more »

Google in sight as Ballmer vows .NET push

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confessed the software giant's .NET strategy has come to a standstill, says he's accepted SQL Server's shortcomings, and vowed to keep fighting search giant Google. Read more »

Aust lags in fighting software piracy

Australia is lagging behind the US, New Zealand and the UK when it comes to reducing software piracy rates, according to a report released today. Read more »

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Open source closes in on Microsoft

Microsoft has changed its tune toward open-source software--from denouncing it as a "cancer" that stifled innovation to "loving" the concept of shared source. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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