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Linux Australia Trademark Battle Takes New Twist
News Legal 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 as Openera, came under scrutiny from open-source enthusiasts last month when it...
[September 23, 2004, 9:40]
HP Launches Linux Desktop In Australia
News HP also trumps Dell, which has yet to announce plans for a pre-installed desktop Linux in Australia, which would achieve product parity with the US, parts of Europe and Asia. HP and Red Hat have started selling a new Linux-based desktop PC...
[August 30, 2007, 12:20]
IBM Australia Migrating To Linux
News IBM's Linux business manager, Geoff Lawrence, told ZDNet Australia that the company commenced consolidating 96 IBM Intel-based file and print servers to 55 Linux machines in February 2002, the deployment of which will be completed in July.
[April 15, 2002, 14:54]
Linux Hackers Converge In Australia
News Developers are gearing up for a fiercely competitive hack-fest at a heavyweight Linux conference in Adelaide this month. The hack-fest is a feature of the Linux.conf.au conference, which touts itself as one of three international grassroots Linux...
[January 6, 2004, 9:30]
SCO Ready To Hit Australian Linux Users
News Australia's corporate community will get their first real taste of the SCO Group's campaign for compensation for alleged intellectual property breaches involving Linux before the end of the first quarter.
[January 9, 2004, 9:35]
Torvalds Steps In To Help Linux Trademark Dispute
News Linus Torvalds has been called on to help Australia's peak Linux association in a battle to stop local companies attempting to trademark the word "Linux". Torvalds has been called on to help Linux Australia Inc -- which represents open-source...
[August 11, 2004, 9:20]
'Linux' Trademark Doesn't Matter, Says Stallman
News Richard Stallman, chair of the Free Software Foundation, said on Thursday that the Linux trademark fracas in Australia has distracted attention away from the real issue - that of freedom to distribute and change software.
[August 26, 2005, 18:05]
Oracle Linux Customer Undergoes Trial By Fire
News Melbourne company Opes Prime Stockbroking told ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia that in the weeks following its announcement to adopt Oracle Linux, upset Linux enthusiasts phoned, emailed and wrote about the company online to complain at the...
[April 2, 2007, 11:56]
Ballmer's Attack On Open Source Boosts Linux, Say OSIA
News In a brief riposte to Ballmer's detailed executive e-mail to clients entitled Customer Focus: Comparing Windows with Linux and Unix, Open Source Industry Australia director Con Zymaris said "although it is quite clear that Steve greatly...
[November 1, 2004, 12:59]
Australia Set To Join OLPC Project
News Seventy XO laptops were also given out at the Linux conference last week but Waugh said the giveaway was a linux.conf.au initiative independent of OLPC Australia, meant to create interest around the project.
[February 5, 2008, 7:14]
Linux 'missed Aussie Desktop Wave' - IDC
News Linux is already late in catching the desktop refresh wave in Australia, says analyst firm International Data Corporation. The general opinion of IDC is that these are very early days for Linux to be penetrating the desktop PC market in Australia.
[May 24, 2004, 10:05]
Australians Told To Ignore SCO's Letters
News OSIA spokesperson Con Zymaris told ZDNet Australia that the paper, prepared during the past two months, would provide businesses and individuals with a platform to undertake a risk analysis before deploying Linux.
[May 26, 2004, 9:55]
Q&A: PeopleSoft CTO On Linux And Enterprise Software
News PeopleSoft's chief technology officer, Rick Bergquist, tells ZDNet Australia's Simon Sharwood why the company has taken the Linux plunge, where the future lies for enterprise software and why some installations are failing.
[May 21, 2003, 9:25]
One Man Linux Band Aims To Write 500,000 Lines Of Code
News A year after Australia's one-man army started pounding out code for GNU/Linux's version of .Net, he's looking to double the quarter of a million lines of code already written, and hopes to do so in six months if he can convince some new "code...
[January 31, 2002, 14:30]
Telstra 'played Linux Card' To Lower Microsoft Bills
News According to reports from Australia, Telstra secured hefty discounts from Microsoft in return for rolling out Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003 and other Microsoft software products to 40,000 desktops.
[August 2, 2004, 15:35]
'Linux' Trademark Doesn't Matter, Says Stallman
Talkback If some company doesn't want to pay the license fee they can always change their name - say from "Linux Institute Australia" to "GNU Institute Australia". As someone had already pointed out, the name "Linux" is being used in FUD campaigns.
[August 28, 2005, 1:40]
EDS Backtracks On 'strategically Important' Linux
News EDS' management in the United States moved to clarify its position on Linux in a statement issued to ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia on Thursday after Robb Rasmussen, the vice-president responsible for alliances, unleashed a storm last week...
[March 24, 2005, 8:10]
Linux Gets Green Light In New South Wales
News The New South Wales (NSW) state government in Australia yesterday went to market for its desktop, notebook and small server needs for at least the next three years, designating the ability to purchase Linux-based systems as "highly desirable".
[September 20, 2006, 15:30]
Linux 'not Just For Power Users'
News The researchers' view is supported by Jon Oxer, president of Linux Australia, an organisation dedicated to the Australian Linux and open source community. Oxer told ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia that, for a novice computer user, there is...
[April 6, 2005, 9:30]
Meta: It's Ok To Use Linux
News I think it's an unfortunate turn of events for Linux but nevertheless, users should look at the overall risk profile.I would advise them to continue with what they're doing [but] check with the application provider and check your licensing...
[May 15, 2003, 8:46]
