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Computerworld Australia: IAG Dives Into Open Source, Gives Code Back

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 21, 2005

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“Without a formal policy governing free software use, one of
Australia’s largest general insurers has developed an application
using free software and in the process has given code fixes back to
the community.

“When one of Insurance Australia Group’s (IAG) motor vehicle
subsidiaries, Swann Insurance, wanted dealers to process insurance
requests during a sale, the decision was made to develop a
Java-based Web application in-house for an exact fit…”


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Web Webster

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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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