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:Sydney Morning Herald: FOSS Footy Tips an All-Round Star
Sydney Morning Herald: FOSS Footy Tips an All-Round Star
Jun 9, 2004, 00 :15 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (4379 reads)

(Other stories by Eric Wilson)

[ Thanks to Matthew Gibbins for this link. ]

"A telecommunications provider might have stumbled on the most ingenious way to encourage workers to use a new IT system. No directives from senior management, and no penalties for refusing to work in a new PC environment.

"A footy tipping comp is all it takes. And the workers love it.

"Unidial Pty Ltd moved its important billing system from a proprietary platform to open source, fending off a desperation tackle from a Microsoft .NET developer..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
WTF is "footy tipping"?  ...   Footy Tipping?   
BC
Jun 9, 2004, 00:57:16
 
> WTF is "footy tipping"? beats hell out ...   Re: Footy Tipping?   
flacco
Jun 9, 2004, 02:00:20
 
Footy = football (either Australian Rule ...   Footy Tipping   
Neale Ferguson
Jun 9, 2004, 02:24:16
 
What about Progeny?  ...   RH73 not supported?   
ab
Jun 9, 2004, 02:39:31
 
Footy - either Australian Rules Football ...   Footy Tipping   
Phillip Brown
Jun 9, 2004, 02:54:20
 
A quick googling turns up  , although af ...   Re: Footy Tipping?   
David
Jun 9, 2004, 02:57:22
 
> Footy - either Australian Rules Footba ...   Re: Footy Tipping   
BC
Jun 9, 2004, 04:53:21
 
Footy= Short for Football. Tipping= Tip  ...   Footy tipping explained   
F. Love
Jun 9, 2004, 05:53:23
 
You guys already know that I happen to l ...   *L* OK, it's a good win for FOSS but...   
Senkwe
Jun 9, 2004, 07:09:30
 
Ok, he mentioned that they made a huge s ...   Edit (on my last post)   
Senkwe
Jun 9, 2004, 07:13:55
 
I'm not sure about these guys. How c ...   Did he really write that?   
Barndon
Jun 9, 2004, 13:13:22
 
You guys already know that I happen to l ...   Re: *L* OK, it's a good win for FOSS but...   
Tony OBryan
Jun 9, 2004, 13:28:08
 
I find it amusing that so many readers h ...   Re: WTF is footy tiping ?   
SteveOC
Jun 9, 2004, 15:34:42
 
>>Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Web  ...   Re: Re: *L* OK, it's a good win for FOSS but..   
senkwe
Jun 9, 2004, 17:09:34
 
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