[ Thanks to Con
Zymaris for this link. ]
“IBM has formed a joint venture with National ICT Australia
(Nicta) to open its first Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) outside
North America. The centre will focus on open source software with
the anticipation of attracting the attention of government and
enterprise IT departments with the researchers primarily based at
the University of New South Wales.“Phillip Bullock, CEO, IBM Australia, said the centre provides
links into worldwide research, primarily in software.“‘Local researchers can collaborate with others around the
world,’ Bullock said. ‘This is a three-year project between IBM,
Nicta, and the University of New South Wales and is designed to
improve the performance of open source operating systems. By doing
this IBM is extending its Linux Technology Centre
investment…'”