Australian IT: Firefly Lights the Way for Others

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"Telstra's Project Firefly open-source software trial will be one of the most closely watched pilots in Australian IT history.

"Until now, the great debate as to whether Linux and the open-source applications developed for it are worthy of displacing the Microsoft desktop monopoly mainly has been a war of words, rather than large-scale deployments by highly visible enterprises.

"Telstra itself has been talking up open-source software pilots for more than a year. The noise was enough to help lure Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer to these shores last year to see what all the fuss was about..."

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• News.com.au: Telstra Goes Open-Source(Sep 02, 2003)
• Computerworld Australia: Telstra Solves Identity Crisis with Penguin Power(Apr 24, 2003)
• Australian IT: Viva la Open Source(Feb 04, 2003)
• ZDNet Australia: Ballmer: Microsoft and Telstra Will Remain in Bed Together(Oct 17, 2002)