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Dell Linux PCs to skip Australia?

Asia- Pacific customers wanting to get their hands on Dell PCs, pre-loaded with Ubuntu Linux, will have to wait. Read more »

Microsoft outlines SaaS plans

Microsoft has reemphasised its US$6 billion commitment to delivering software as a service (SaaS) and has outlined bold plans for a partner programme as well as explaining why the hosted model need not be bad news for its traditional channel. Read more »

IBM takes potshots at OpenSolaris

OpenSolaris isn't a true open-source project, but rather a "facade," because Sun Microsystems doesn't share control of it with outsiders, according to IBM executives. Read more »

Sun promises to open-source Java

Sun Microsystems will open-source Java, it just has to figure out how to do it, company executives said on Tuesday. Read more »

Novell brands its own open-source religion

Novell is readying two major product launches meant to make its open-source software more palatable to corporate customers. Read more »

Sun considers GPL 3 licence for Solaris

Sun Microsystems is considering a dual-licensing move that could raise tantalizing possibilities of open-source cooperation between Linux and Sun's Solaris operating system, but legal issues complicate the possibility. Read more »

Blending the human genome with art

"What is the nature of life?" and "Who am I?" are questions that cut across science, religion, art, philosophy and even computer science. Read more »

SCO's McBride goes on the attack

The SCO Group's president and chief executive officer, Darl McBride, has hit back at claims by some Linux advocates that the United States needed to reform its software-patent and copyright protection laws. Read more »

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James Gosling Q & A

James Gosling was in Australia this week to give two question-and-answer session to local developers. A rare opportunity for local developers, Builder AU was on hand to transcribe the event for those who couldn't make it. Read more »

Certification: What's in a name?

The technology industry is awash with certifications at the individual and organisational level, but are these qualifications worth the paper they're printed on? We investigate. Read more »

Open source vs open standards

Customers and government bodies should focus on products with open standards and realise the pitfalls of open source, argues Scott Petty, Dimension Data Australia COO. Read more »

UNIX programming and open source Q&A

Eric Raymond's upcoming book on UNIX Programming discusses the principles that guide UNIX development. Find out what his thoughts are on the state of UNIX programming and other issues that face the open source community. Read more »

Open source systems make business sense

Open source may not be right for every dev platform, but you should compare it with paid licence options. Here are pros and cons of using open source. Read more »

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 »

A bad job interview can reveal what a company is really like

Have you ever had a bad interview experience? You can learn a great deal about the company's cultureâ€"and why it may not work for you. 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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