Australian NSW Government Making Way for Linux

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Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 05, 2005 @04:43AM from the step-aside-please-step-aside dept.

seralick writes "Australian IT has reported that the Australian NSW government has established 'Australia's first whole-of-government panel to supply open source software and services to its departments and agencies.' Basically they have opened the way for the wide spread goverment usage of Linux software and services."

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Kangaroos Embracing Penguins? (Score:5, Funny)

by Pants75 ( 708191 ) writes: on Tuesday April 05, 2005 @04:53AM (#12141964)

Eeewwwwwwww!

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Re:Wow! (Score:4, Funny)

by Pants75 ( 708191 ) writes: on Tuesday April 05, 2005 @04:55AM (#12141972)

There probably wont be any catch.
They wan't you familiar with and happy to use windows products when you hit the job market.

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Re:Kangaroos Embracing Penguins? (Score:1, Funny)

by Infinityis ( 807294 ) writes: on Tuesday April 05, 2005 @04:56AM (#12141976) Homepage

And the result: Pengaroos. A boxing, tuxedo-wearing, pouch-toting creature with a funny accent.

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Re:Kangaroos Embracing Penguins? (Score:1, Funny)

by 0x461FAB0BD7D2 ( 812236 ) writes: on Tuesday April 05, 2005 @04:59AM (#12141990) Journal

Sylvester Stallone?

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Warning (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 05, 2005 @05:02AM (#12142001)

Link is NSW

/sorry

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We won't get this news on the telley yet (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 05, 2005 @05:06AM (#12142010)

We have to wait 8 months in Australia before this news is on the TV

I better find a torrent for it!

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Allow me to be the first to call you on that... (Score:4, Funny)

by ta bu shi da yu ( 687699 ) writes: on Tuesday April 05, 2005 @05:10AM (#12142018) Homepage

... what bribes?!?

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Already some reactions (Score:4, Funny)

by RyoSaeba ( 627522 ) writes: on Tuesday April 05, 2005 @05:16AM (#12142037) Journal

Microsoft already reacted, by putting a big ad on the article :)

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Re:Wow! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 05, 2005 @06:18AM (#12142195)

Me: I don't need your dippy win32-only cable broadband client. I use Linux. I just want to know when you think your SMTP might be up again.

Telstra service tech on phone: Linux? I've heard that's pretty cool. Does it run on XP yet?

Me: Um, yeah, right.

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Re:Wow! (Score:3, Funny)

by hcdejong ( 561314 ) writes: <hobbes@nOspam.xmsnet.nl> on Tuesday April 05, 2005 @07:24AM (#12142337)

happy to use windows products
he uses a MS spelling checker, apparently.

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Kangaroos Embracing Penguins? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Wow! (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Kangaroos Embracing Penguins? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Kangaroos Embracing Penguins? (Score:1, Funny)

Warning (Score:1, Funny)

We won't get this news on the telley yet (Score:5, Funny)

Allow me to be the first to call you on that... (Score:4, Funny)

Already some reactions (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Wow! (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Wow! (Score:3, Funny)

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