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SCO fights back against 'don't pay' advice
News SCO's Australian and New Zealand boss, Kieran O'Shaughnessy, told ZDNet Australia that "nothing the umbrella group [Open Source Industry Australia] has been reported as saying changes SCO's belief in and commitment to pursuing our [intellectual...
[May 28, 2004, 9:55]
Australian open-sourcers set up national association
News Prominent open-source activist Con Zymaris told ZDNet Australia that the new body -- Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) -- would tackle business issues associated with free and open-source software, including risk assessment, migration and...
[March 1, 2004, 8:00]
Australians told to ignore SCO's letters
News Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) yesterday posted a position paper on its Web site arguing that Australian companies who receive a request for licence payment from SCO should not reply in any way, should seek legal advice and should also...
[May 26, 2004, 9:55]
Mandatory open source 'too risky' for Australia
News Australia's coalition government has ruled out mandating the use of open-source software in the federal government, saying such a move would stretch the industry's resources to the point that the risk of a high-profile project failure would be...
[September 6, 2004, 11:20]
Patent fears haunt developers down under
News Indicative of a growing interest in patents, attendees swelled the 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 vagaries of...
[November 4, 2004, 10:43]
Green Party urges EU to go open-source
News In Australia, efforts to pass laws to encourage the use of open source software by the government have been blasted by Bruce McCabe, a veteran IT researcher and managing director of Australia-based research firm S2 Intelligence.
[September 16, 2003, 18:25]
Microsoft emphasises security problems
News The Microsoft Australia boss also launched an assault on the software heavyweight's other bugbear of the moment, competition from Linux and open-source solutions. The head of Microsoft Australia has labelled security "the biggest threat to the...
[November 24, 2004, 10:45]
Open-source lobby group lambasts Gartner's analysis
News Open source lobby group Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) has lashed out at Gartner analyst Annette Jump's claim that pre-installing Linux on PCs encourages piracy of Windows. He added that Gartner should have observed the low incidence of...
[October 4, 2004, 13:25]
Microsoft taught security by open-source community
News Microsoft's global director of product security, George Stathakopoulos, has told ZDNet Australia that the software giant has learned security lessons from the wider software community. When asked if the company had received had taken a leaf out of...
[May 7, 2003, 12:10]
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]
Open-source policies set for Aussie unveiling
News Representatives from three of Australia's major political parties are expected to detail their policies on open source, Linux and open standards at an industry group conference early next month. For more coverage on ZDNet Australia, click here.
[August 25, 2004, 13:10]
FSF recommends express patent licences
News The Phillips Fox seminar coincided with a similar event held across town at the offices of Baker & McKenzie with the support of local open-source advocates Linux Australia and Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA).
[November 5, 2004, 10:08]
Open-source efforts derailed by 'loud minority'
News Waugh was also disheartened when personal attacks were levelled at Standards Australia's Alistair Tegart over Microsoft's push to have its OOXML format accepted as an ISO standard. While Waugh believes the open-source model holds better security...
[March 20, 2008, 9:45]
Aussie group claims SCO's demands flout law
News We're an advocacy and industry forum, not a legal group, but it's our understanding that this is the type of activity that interests the ACCC," he told ZDNet Australia. IBM lawsuit in the US, the company is on the wrong side of Australia's trading...
[January 22, 2004, 9:10]
Java to follow Solaris' example
News Speaking to ZDNet UK sister site ZDNET Australia, Sun's Java technology evangelist Raghavan Srinivas said an open-source version of Java "will happen," although the timeline and licensing details remain sketchy at this point.
[June 4, 2004, 10:30]
Trademark claims loom for firms bearing 'Linux'
News For now it appears that Linux Australia Inc's lawyers still have some work to do before the group can start thinking about its message for Australia's Linux industry. As reported by ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia on Tuesday, Linux Australia...
[August 13, 2004, 11:05]
Telstra 'played Linux card' to lower Microsoft bills
News Microsoft Australia managing director Steve Vamos has been quoted in the Australian media criticising the "philosophical discussion" about "open source versus commercial software alternatives" that he said has been taking place.
[August 2, 2004, 15:35]
Asian Windows alternative 'would raise competition issues'
News China and Taiwan have already signed on to Microsoft's government security initiative, as have Australia, Britain, Russia and NATO. Japan, the world's second largest economy, made a proposal at an Asian economic summit this week to build an...
[September 8, 2003, 9:15]
US group takes open source fight abroad
News US-based lobby group the Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) is escalating its efforts to stymie the progress of legislation promoting the use of open-source software in government departments in Australia.
[July 16, 2003, 9:49]
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]
