ZDNet Australia: Big Blue Powers Up Linux in NSW

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"A NSW government project to make open source software and solutions cheaper and more accessible to its agencies is understood to have been boosted by IBM's confirmation of its membership of a panel of authorised suppliers.

"IBM joins CSC, Novell and a handful of small to medium-sized suppliers who have inked contracts authorising their participation in the panel after a lengthy negotiation process with state government officials..."

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