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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]
IP Australia Trusts Agileware to Host the IP Access Website Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux
White Papers IP Australia approached Agileware to provide hosting services for the ipaccess.gov.au website (now decommissioned). Agileware deployed reliable service based on the Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4 platform.
[April 25, 2007, 1:00]
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]
'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]
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]
MySQL developer denied Australian visa
News Australian immigration authorities have denied a business visa to a Sun MySQL developer travelling to Australia to attend Linux.conf.au in Hobart. The move was reported by Kaj Arno, vice president of community for MySQL at parent Sun, who initially...
[January 15, 2009, 15:25]
Obituary: Anthony Rumble - Linux pioneer and enthusiast
Blog Anthony Rumble, one of Australia's long-time supporters of Linux and free software, died on the weekend. He was also a businessman, starting one of Australia's first major Linux ventures and even a Linux-oriented retail store in Sydney.
[May 12, 2009, 9:27]
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]
Pop Quiz: Dell Mini 10 - £200 in the UK. But in Australia?
Blog Comment Years after everyone else got Linux on Dell systems, Australia's finally getting them, too: Ubuntu to be offered by Dell Australia And while at AU$706 for the low-end, Linux based Dell netbook, it ain't exactly cheap, at least it's finally on offer.
[May 19, 2009, 14:43]
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]
