Stories about: Linux Users Group

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Linux business pioneer dies in home accident 11 May, 2009 14:10

The Australian Linux community has been rocked by the sudden death of Linux and free software businessman Anthony Rumble in an apparent home accident.
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Feature: Open source opportunities 02 June, 2003 09:52

Linux professionals might describe themselves as "certified geeks." But this term is becoming more serious as IT professionals look to organized certification and educational programs to boost their Linux knowledge and marketability.
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Linux.conf.au goes to Perth 15 July, 2002 08:59

The roaming Linux conference folks are at it again - and this time they're taking the show to Australia's west coast.
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Linux users blast tax office for 'discrimination' 09 March, 2001 16:40

The Linux Users Group has accused the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) of "pandering to software monopolies like Microsoft" because its online GST facilities are not compatible with Linux/Unix-based systems.
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Inside the DeCSS Trial 31 July, 2000 12:01

Linux came to the forefront of the ongoing DeCSS trial this month. That's because, in a very real way, Linux started the uproar that has resulted in eight movie studios suing Eric Corley. The trial could ultimately affect the way consumers use products they purchase and the way researchers advance technology.
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Hearing Spotlights Clash 24 May, 2000 12:01

The U.S. Copyright Office conducted two days of contentious public hearings at Stanford University last week to consider legal exemptions that would permit some circumvention of copy-protection schemes.
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Mystery Revealed 24 January, 2000 12:01

A woman dressed in black and wearing a beret stands in the corner of the amphitheater applying makeup to the faces of those about to take the stage. Executives from Transmeta shift nervously from foot to foot as the room fills with the 200 or so reporters and analysts attending the first press event in the history of this supersecret four-year-old company.
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Sun opens Solaris source code, sort of 07 October, 1999 12:01

Members of the Linux open-source community welcomed the hint from Sun Microsystems that it will open up its Solaris source code as validation of the principles of open source; but the move was derided by other programmers, who say it isn't enough.
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Linux Redux Systems Support 17 September, 1999 12:01

How hot is Linux, the open source operating system? No one really knows -- even Bob Young, the CEO of software distributor Red Hat Inc.