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You've got timelines for projects, planned rollouts and staff appraisals. But do you schedule time for reviewing your software licenses?
In this interview Linux's creator, Linus Torvalds, sounds off on the SCO lawsuit, patents and the future of Linux.
This article from Australian technology commentator Con Zymaris examines the security threat of open source software.
Speaking to the Novell boss at his company's annual BrainShare user conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, ZDNet.com.au's sister site, ZDNet.co.uk asked whether the Microsoft deal could actually be damaging in the long run and what effect a financial downturn could have on Novell's recent recovery.
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