“A senior federal official has rebuked Linux vendor Red Hat over
its criticism of the government’s open-source software (OSS) takeup
rate, arguing a measured approach may be ‘the right thing to
do.’“Patrick Callioni, division manager at the Australian Government
Information Management Office (AGIMO), took issue today with
comments by Red Hat Asia Pacific vice president Gus Robertson that
agencies were up to three years behind their overseas counterparts
in embracing open-source software…”
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