Computerworld Australia: Expectations High at Linux Conference in New Zealand

"John 'Maddog' Hall will consider parallels between open source software and music, addressing the risk that patents 'kill off ideas instead of promoting them' at this year's Australasian Linux conference, to be held in Dunedin this week.

"'Odd things about business in the large corporate world will (hopefully) be explained,' he says, including 'companies who really want to do the right thing, but cannot...'"

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