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Australian Senator Kate Lundy is on target about software
Senator Kate Lundy is very well placed to make the comments she made - and to be heard where it matters. She is a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) which was created as a separate territory for the national capital, Canberra. So she is in the loop (inside the beltway, if you will) with the public servants, politicians, consultants and others who deal with these issues, write the policies, tenders and contracts and know the insider stories. She was also for some time the then Opposition (now Government) spokesperson on Communications and is seen by people in the IT/multimedia/Internet sector as a knowledgeable person and a "player" in the sector - she even had a blog before they became popular. It would be interesting to know whether these are her opinions mainly or whether she is flying a kite for one or more Government ministers who don't want to be seen to be taking a position in conflict with the big software providers. And no doubt the software giants are in turn watching to see how this plays out. After all, if the new Australian government changes the rules it might give some other countries dangerous ideas, mightn't it?!

Des Walsh, Gold Coast, Australia
Posted by: beachblogger   Posted on: 04/09/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Australian Senator Kate Lundy is on target about software  beachblogger | 04/09/08
It can be a double edge sword, too  John Zern | 04/09/08
Don't hide your feelings....  mkrigsman@... ZDNet Moderator | 04/09/08
What a crock!  Martin_Australia | 04/09/08
RE: Australian senator demands open source against US  Loverock Davidson | 04/09/08
She is by no means the only one with...  bjbrock | 04/09/08
Yes she is  Loverock Davidson | 04/09/08
Disclosure time  mkrigsman@... ZDNet Moderator | 04/09/08
It doesn't matter  Loverock Davidson | 04/09/08
Distorting bias does matter  mkrigsman@... ZDNet Moderator | 04/09/08
No bias here  Loverock Davidson | 04/09/08
Infernal meteorology news flash  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/11/08
Bias should be made explicit  mkrigsman@... ZDNet Moderator | 04/16/08
Yup let Australia use second rate software  tonymcs@... | 04/09/08
For second rate ... do you mean MS Windows and MS Office ??  wackoae | 04/09/08
Buzz of you troll  Martin_Australia | 04/09/08
RE: Australian senator demands open source against US  Linux User 147560 | 04/10/08
Agreed  croberts | 04/12/08

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