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:Sydney Morning Herald: South Australia Urged to Drop Bill on Open Source Software
Sydney Morning Herald: South Australia Urged to Drop Bill on Open Source Software
Jun 17, 2003, 00 :00 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (7004 reads)

(Other stories by Sam Varghese)

"The state of South Australia has caused eyebrows at the Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) to be raised in concern, with the organisation writing to Premier Mike Rann over a proposed Open Source software bill...

"In its letter to Rann, the ISC expressed its 'concerns regarding the proposed State Supply (Procurement of Software) Amendment Bill 2003 ('State Supply Bill'), which prefers the acquisition of open source software (OSS) over proprietary software for state software procurements...'"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
They try to let the public think that ad ...   Freedom is always best   
bco
Jun 17, 2003, 00:24:08
 
It seems so similar to Stancos stated ob ...   Did Stanco also write this?!   
David Mcguire
Jun 17, 2003, 01:00:22
 
"The Initiative for Software Choice" AKA ...   Re: Did Stanco also write this?   
Joe User
Jun 17, 2003, 01:14:49
 
It seems so similar to Stancos stated ob ...   Re: Did Stanco also write this?!   
OMG
Jun 17, 2003, 01:14:51
 
I am a believer in the benefits of OSS a ...   A middle ground??   
WarrenG
Jun 17, 2003, 01:53:52
 
This is truly interesting - according to ...   Interesting point of view   
Bojan Smojver
Jun 17, 2003, 02:10:46
 
The internet and 'free software' ...   The Impact !   
Khan Md Ashraf
Jun 17, 2003, 03:32:42
 
Big surprise there - not.  ...   So the entrenched 800lb gorilla asks via its minio   
Leon Brooks
Jun 17, 2003, 06:04:43
 
I like the way you think.Saying that you ...   Re: A middle ground??   
error27
Jun 17, 2003, 07:44:39
 
http://www.computerwire.info/cwdirection ...   ISC = m$   
Bob
Jun 17, 2003, 13:08:36
 
I feel that governments should consider  ...   Re: A middle ground??   
anon
Jun 17, 2003, 18:16:07
 
Of course, you never hear a peep from th ...   selective "choice"   
Larry Povirk
Jun 17, 2003, 18:43:30
 
as they see fit.That is what this is abo ...   let em swap the upsides and downsides..   
peter penguin
Jun 17, 2003, 18:47:04
 
no, it just means that you can get indiv ...   Re: The Impact !   
Mike Fedyk
Jun 17, 2003, 19:36:06
 
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