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  • Australian Veterans choose MS Office over OpenOffice

    The Department of Veteran's Affairs (DVA) has chosen to upgrade its ageing Microsoft Office 97 software suite with Office 2003, shunning a tender that included OpenOffice from open source software specialist Single Point.

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    Linux Australia's immediate past president believes moderate open source developers are being pushed into "a refugee situation" between the 'free software' and 'commercial' hardliners.

  • Sun 'distorts' definition of free software

    Sun's president Jonathan Schwartz has angered some in the free software community by appearing to misrepresent what open source is.

  • Massive Linux handout set for French schools

    Many secondary schools students in the French region of Auvergne will receive CDs containing free and open source software when they return to school in September.

  • Open source grows beyond its roots

    One of a growing cadre of open-source companies, Zimbra will add joint document creation and sharing to its messaging and collaboration software at the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco.

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    Office 2007 continues to be the focus of discussion here at Big Deal, but the most recent crop of reactions to my postings have shifted from the possible nuisance value of interface changes to the potential upside for OpenOffice, the open-source rival to the desktop suite crown.

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    The Web 2.0 meme is percolating through all manner of media and has now reached as far as Bangladesh.

Features and Case Studies (303)

  • Free-software gadfly takes on Net group

    A leader of the free-software movement is considering a move to pack the Internet Engineering Task Force with like-minded members to boost support for royalty-free standards.

  • Open source: Collaborate not litigate

    Open-source software is about more than free code and occasionally troublesome licensing models.

  • Open-source clan in spat with Sun

    A leading OpenBSD programmer has accused Sun Microsystems of hindering development of the open-source software for its newer computers, causing Sun to scramble to cooperate with the project in response.

  • Linux continues desktop march

    The good news for Linux as an operating system for the desktop--as opposed to the server--is that it is set to become number two after Windows in the next year or so.

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    Yesterday was show and tell day for linux.conf.au with a pavilion full of gadgets, toys and cool stuff

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    Commentary: SCO's lawsuit against IBM has sparked controversy in the open-source world - here are some things for Linux users to consider.

  • Mozilla FireFox 1.0PR

    This free app has more features than the most recent version of Internet Explorer.

  • Sugar Suite 4.0.1

    Sugar Suite from SugarCRM is a comprehensive, streamlined tool which offers indispensable services to both a company's employees and its customers.

  • Mandrake flirts with non-open source

    French Linux company MandrakeSoft takes a step away from the open-source philosophy, with a change to license terms involving customers that want support for a firewall product.

  • OpenOffice.org 2.4.0

    OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 is a free, open source alternative to Microsoft's Office application suite. It is fantastic if you need basic office applications such as a word processor or spreadsheet at no cost. However, large organisations and power users may be disappointed by its lack of features and support.

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