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Submission + - linux.conf.au 2011, shaping up to be stunning! (linux.org.au)

Submitted by Dante_J on Monday December 20, 2010 @10:53PM

Dante_J writes: In the proud tradition of being one of the best "grass roots" FOSS conferences on the planet and just weeks away, linux.conf.au 2011 in Brisbane Australia, is shaping up nicely. Keynote speakers include Vint Cerf, Eric Allman, Mark Pesce & Geoff Huston. Many impressive Miniconfs, Presentations, Tutorials and an Open Day are included. Everything from FOSS rockets to kernel hacking, haecksen to Meego. This is one of those rare occasions of the FOSS community gathering in one geographic location, expressing both breadth and depth. A week of geeky goodness. Regos are available now, but time is limited.

Submission + - Microsoft's bulk deal with New Zealand Collapses (computerworld.co.nz)

Submitted by

vik

on Monday May 25, 2009 @09:25PM

vik writes: "The 3-year whole-of-government deal that Microsoft has been establishing with the New Zealand government since 2000 has collapsed, opening the doors to the wider use of Open Source software in government. The NZ State Services Commission (already a prize-winning user of Open Source) says in a statement that it "...became apparent during discussions that a formal agreement with Microsoft is no longer appropriate". Having lost their discount, individual government departments will now have to put their IT requirements out to tender individually."

Comment woah boy woah (Score 1) 614

by karearea on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @03:14AM (#26722023) Attached to: Software Piracy At the Beijing Branch Office?

Let's not get carried away.

As far as I have known, APAC refers to Asia Pacific .. which includes place like NZ.

Probably best to refer to Bejing / China as China or maybe at a pinch Asia. But please not Asia Pacific.

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