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  • Open-source split of Mambo software begins

    The disgruntled developers behind Mambo, an open-source software for publishing Web sites, have launched their own version of the project, called Joomla.

  • Slashdot woos IT execs

    Technology executives no longer need to furtively check that no one's looking when they browse the Slashdot "News for Nerds" Web site.

  • The real roadblocks to Linux in education

    In this issue of Industry Insider, Con Zymaris, our guest columnist from Open Source Industry Australia, describes the major barriers for Linux in the education system.

  • Give Windows NT to open source movement

    Microsoft has killed off Windows NT, but it should now release its source code to the open-source community in order to fight off the challenge from Linux.

  • MS lawyers join open-source fray

    Microsoft lawyers have joined the company's campaign against open-source software, restricting how developers may use what it terms "viral software" in connection with Microsoft programming tools.

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    Tax Office needs to rethink open source objections

    The Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson claims that one of the reasons he hasn't deployed much open source software is due to security fears, with the code not subject to enough "technical scrutiny".

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Australian Govt funds IT start-ups

    This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.

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    What the hell does Securify mean?

    Is securify a real word? Of course not. It is a term I first heard during a press conference when global services firm EDS was announcing its Agility Alliance in Sydney last March.

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  • 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.

  • Who wrote Linux?

    Recent disputes over the authorship of Linux are missing an extremely obvious point. Has nobody noticed?

  • A lesson in logic

    Fundamentalists are people who can't tolerate the idea that there are legitimate points of view other than their own. Publish something negative about Linux, and you'll soon find out what I mean.

  • IBM's big thinker

    Executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger helped steer Big Blue to the Internet, Linux and open-source computing. His newest mission: grid computing.

  • Adium X 1.0.5

    Given all the great consumer-facing open source software available, I figured I'd try to evaluate and write reviews on those I use most often. Open source long ago stopped being about developers for other developers. Here's proof.

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