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  • Q&A: Debian leader on not being in it for the money

    The Debian GNU/Linux operating system continues to generate interest from developers around the world, keen to sign up and contribute code to the open-source project now in its 15th year.

  • Microsoft to talk open computing in government

    The software giant will sit down this April with policy makers, IT officials and open source vendors at the second Open Computing in Government Conference in Canberra to talk about how open computing can aid in the provision of services by government.

  • Open source hooks Nokia

    The mobile phone giant has utilised key open-source software to build a free development platform for Linux-based handheld devices.

  • Three-year wait ends for Debian fans

    The Debian Project has finally released a long-anticipated new version of its widely-used Linux distribution.

  • Next Debian Linux release imminent

    Developers of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution are frantically squashing software bugs in an effort to get version 3.1 out by the scheduled 6 June release date.

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  • Linux community scoffs at SCO's evidence

    As pictures of contested Linux code make their way online, open-source enthusiasts are bashing The SCO Group for its claims that the code shows it has legal rights over the OS.

  • High alert for open source?

    Lines from Unix's source code have been copied into the heart of Linux, sometimes exactly and sometimes in a modified form designed to disguise their origin, SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride said Thursday.

  • The open-source techie who means business

    Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the open-source community, talks about GPL 3, software patents, the kernel development process and Linux on the desktop.

  • Open source's promise -- and pitfalls

    Is all the talk about flexibility, choice and eliminating customer lock-in just an idealised view of open-source software?

  • Open-source Mambo project faces rift

    Backers of Mambo are deeply divided over how to govern the open-source project.

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