[chat] OSV Supports Open Computing for Government

[Craig Warner <craigw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

One of things that was learnt from the NSW ALP Open Source Forum held
two weeks ago was that Government's prefer to deal with a single point
of contact.

This means for Linux Australia, various LUG's and other open source
projects, the direction now should be for policy and single direction of
aims.

We can now see the Commercial side of the Open Source speaking as one
voice, with support for Open Standards and formats. 

'OSV Supports Open Computing for Government July 8, Melbourne,
Australia. Open Source Victoria (OSV), an industry cluster focused on
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) believes the most appropriate
manner in which to encourage competition and promote interoperability in
the IT industry in Australia is through support for open document and
data formats and protocol standards.'


http://www.osv.org.au/index.cgi?tid=62

As reported in The Age

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/08/1057430187476.html
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Craig Warner <craigw@xxxxxxxxxxx>