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Letter To Abolish Software Patents In Australia 166

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @02:03AM from the five-hundred-nerds-can't-be-wrong dept.

Ben Sturmfels writes "Over 500 members of the Australian software industry have have signed an open letter urging their government to abolish software patents. Signatories include free software luminaries Andrew Tridgell and Jonathan Oxer. In 2008 the Australian government began a Review of Patentable Subject Matter. While we missed the 2009 public consultation period, we hope to influence the government's response to the Review, due in February 2011. The letter will be presented to Minister Kim Carr in early August."

Comment Re:You make more money using open source than sell (Score 1) 487

by eots on Saturday June 12, 2010 @07:21PM (#32553184) Attached to: Why No Billion-Dollar Open Source Companies?

This is the most idiotic comment I have ever witnessed on slashdot. For fuck's sake...

Comment Re:Of course they should... (Score 1) 312

by eots on Monday June 01, 2009 @10:44AM (#28168053) Attached to: Should Enterprise IT Give Back To Open Source?

Companies that don't use any open source software are also employing people. So is McDonalds. What's your point? Employing someone is not "giving back".

The Year of 2008 In Cybercrime 47

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 15, 2008 @12:00PM from the a-whole-lot-less-britney dept.

BobB-nw writes "Underground botnet markets and high-profile spam cases headlined the year in tech crime. One of the most disturbing cybercrime trends in 2008, many security analysts say, has been the emergence of a full-blown underground economy where credit card information, identity theft information, and spam and phishing software are all available for relatively low prices. 2008 also saw major developments in the cases against three major spammers in the United States."

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