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    In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.

  • Is the FOSS community divided?

    One Linux Australia past president thinks so. In other Linux.conf.au coverage, a leading IT lawyer claims that an expensive and ineffective patent regime is hampering the work of Australia's software community.

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    Efforts to bring glitzy new graphics to Linux are fuelling an old conflict: Does proprietary software belong in open-source Linux?

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  • One city's move to open source

    In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.

  • Is the FOSS community divided?

    One Linux Australia past president thinks so. In other Linux.conf.au coverage, a leading IT lawyer claims that an expensive and ineffective patent regime is hampering the work of Australia's software community.

  • Microsoft's answer to Linux

    Despite threat of Linux and open source, software powerhouse's Server and Tools division brings home double-digital revenue growth -- again.

  • The open source patent conundrum

    Although Sun Microsystems recently made software patents available for use by open-source developers, OSI founder Bruce Perens cautions that the patent picture is turning increasingly murky.

  • Open source's next frontier

    Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.

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  • Is Linux taking over the enterprise?

    These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.

  • Instant Messaging Road-Test

    There are a swag-load of instant messaging applications available these days -- we run eight of them through the wringer, to save you the trouble.

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