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The Beer Files: Open Source Industry Group Offers Free Server Software to Australian Schools

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 2, 2005

“Open Source Victoria (OSV), an industry cluster of more than 60
open source and free software providers, has responded to a group
of IT teachers who want a simple way to test and deploy Linux
servers in schools with a free server software CD.

“OSV has developed a free product called LiveLAMP, which is a
bootable CD that turns a spare computer into a Linux development
server for students to practice and publish programming exercises
in over a dozen languages with hundreds of development
tools…”

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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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