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The Age: AUUG Hails Govt Stance on Open Source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 15, 2002

[ Thanks to Gordon
Hubbard
for this link. ]

“The Australian UNIX and Open Systems User Group (AUUG) has
welcomed the identification of Open Standards and Open Source as
critical factors for the ‘Efficient Application of Technology’ in
the high level e-government strategy Better Services, Better
Government, a media release from the group says.

“The strategy was launched this week by the Minister for
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator
Richard Alston.

“AUUG formed the Open Computing for Government (OCG) committee
to help speed up adoption of Open Computing within all areas of the
government sector…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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