Novell Signs Linux Deal with Australian Government

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday March 8, 2006 @10:34AM from the foot-in-the-door dept.

truthsearch writes to tell us ITWire is reporting that Novell has just signed a deal with the Australian government to become an approved supplier of Open Source software and solutions. This deal, believed to be the first of it's kind, "places Novell on the NSW government panel of preferred open source suppliers. This is the first panel contract of its kind by an Australian jurisdiction that contains provisions specific to open source software, giving government agencies and departments formal access to Linux solutions."

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NSW Government, not Australian Government by Anonymous Coward · 2006-03-08 10:53 · Score: 0, Redundant

New South Wales is a state of Australia.

This is a deal with the New South Wales Government, not the Australian Government, just like it says in TFA.