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Computerworld Australia: Expectations High at Linux Conference in New Zealand

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 25, 2006

“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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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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