The National Business Review: Open Source in Government: A Delusional Cheer from the Greens

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 25, 2005

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Greenwood
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“When Laurence Millar, Deputy Commissioner for information and
communication technologies at the State Services Commission, last
week celebrated the negotiation of an all-of-government license
agreement between the Department of Inland Revenue and Novell,
hardly an eyebrow was raised–except in the Green camp, which
exploded in a fit of irrational exuberance.

“Mr Millar’s enthusiastic take on the license–which extends
discounts on Novell products, including its brand of Linux, Suse to
approximately 50 government agencies, and includes support and
price protection–would have made Nandor Tanczos happy…”


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Web Webster

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