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Australian NSW Government Making Way for Linux

Posted by timothy on Monday April 4, 2005 @08:43PM from the step-aside-please-step-aside dept.

seralick writes "Australian IT has reported that the Australian NSW government has established 'Australia's first whole-of-government panel to supply open source software and services to its departments and agencies.' Basically they have opened the way for the wide spread goverment usage of Linux software and services."

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Kangaroos Embracing Penguins? by Pants75 · 2005-04-04 20:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Eeewwwwwwww!
Re:Wow! by Pants75 · 2005-04-04 20:55 · Score: 4, Funny

There probably wont be any catch.
They wan't you familiar with and happy to use windows products when you hit the job market.
We won't get this news on the telley yet by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-04 21:06 · Score: 5, Funny

We have to wait 8 months in Australia before this news is on the TV

I better find a torrent for it!
Allow me to be the first to call you on that... by ta+bu+shi+da+yu · 2005-04-04 21:10 · Score: 3, Funny

... what bribes?!?

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Already some reactions by RyoSaeba · 2005-04-04 21:16 · Score: 3, Funny

Microsoft already reacted, by putting a big ad on the article :)

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Re:Wow! by hcdejong · 2005-04-04 23:24 · Score: 2, Funny

happy to use windows products
he uses a MS spelling checker, apparently.