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<endeca_term>Linux Australia</endeca_term> weighs up name change

Linux Australia weighs up name change

...Linux Australia president John Ferlito has asked the community of Australia's primary... Read more

23 April, 2012 by Luke Hopewell

Australian commission probes Windows 8 Linux fears

...Linux Australia members who have complained about Microsoft's plans to enable a... Read more

28 September, 2011 by Luke Hopewell

RFID implant opens doors for IT pro

...June, almost two weeks ago. His decision to do so follows former Linux Australia president Jonathan Oxer who did it in 2008. Currently, he has... Read more

29 June, 2010 by Ben Grubb

Linux Australia trademark battle takes new twist

...wrangling over a South Australian company's attempt to trademark the term Linux Australia has taken an unusual turn. Linux Australia Pty Ltd, currently trading... Read more

23 September, 2004 by Andrew Colley

Torvalds loses Linux trademark bid

...the open-source operating system. The move apparently had been initiated by Linux Australia, an open-source advocacy group, as part of a bid to... Read more

17 September, 2005 by Renai LeMay
Vista launch 'will boost desktop Linux'

Vista launch 'will boost desktop Linux'

...larger share of the corporate desktop market, according to the president of Linux Australia. New features combined with a slightly different look and feel mean... Read more

15 January, 2007 by Munir Kotadia

Linux blunder Down Under could land MPAA in court

...Association of America (MPAA) in its hunt for online pirates has prompted Linux Australia to contact its legal representatives and warn of a possible breach... Read more

20 September, 2004 by Brendon Chase

Dell, HP, Lenovo back Linux with driver promise

...up more systems that can run with Linux in the future," said Linux Australia president, Stewart Smith. Currently, if there is a problem with a... Read more

2 May, 2008 by Liam Tung

Microsoft: We won't sue over future OOXML versions

...previously covered specifications will be separately considered for addition to the list." Linux Australia president Stewart Smith said Microsoft's announcement has helped to allay... Read more

28 March, 2008 by Suzanne Tindal

Dell sees future in miniature notebooks

...Asked what he thought of Apple's MacBook Air, outgoing president of Linux Australia, Jonathan Oxer, told ZDNet Australia: "I want one". But, rather than... Read more

7 February, 2008 by Liam Tung

Schneier: Security vendors exploiting user emotions

...Applied Cryptography, Secrets and Lies and Beyond Fear and described by outgoing Linux Australia president Jonathan Oxer as "a walking security adviser on the entire... Read more

30 January, 2008 by Angus Kidman

IE trumps Firefox in Microsoft safety study

...founder of web application development company, Internet Vision Technology, and president of Linux Australia, claims the study is flawed because Microsoft tends to bundle its... Read more

4 December, 2007 by Liam Tung

Linux 'not just for power users'

...extremely difficult". The researchers' view is supported by Jon Oxer, president of Linux Australia, an organisation dedicated to the Australian Linux and open source community... Read more

6 April, 2005 by Munir Kotadia

FSF recommends express patent licences

...offices of Baker & McKenzie with the support of local open-source advocates Linux Australia and Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA). As ZDNetUK reported yesterday, at... Read more

5 November, 2004 by Andrew Colley

Patent fears haunt developers down under

...forum -- hosted by legal firm Baker & McKenzie and open source advocacy groups Linux Australia and Open Source Industry Australia -- to hear speakers discuss the many... Read more

4 November, 2004 by Siobhan Chapman

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