Peter Quinn's First Interview, Jan 24, 2006

I'm sure you'd like to hear from Peter Quinn, formerly CIO of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, wouldn't you? Would you like to ask him why he quit, and who inspired The Boston Globe to investigate Quinn (which in turn instigated a Commonwealth investigation clearing Quinn completely), and what will happen to ODF? I felt the same way, and so I asked him.

Thanks to efforts of the Free Software Foundation, a Free Software Flash player called GNU Gnash is now in active development.

Some coders believe the Linux kernel won't use version 3 of the GPL, but Alan Cox wants developers to stop speculating at this early stage

Charles Sturt University (CSU) has partnered with Linux vendor Novell to offer a two-year postgraduate Masters degree which includes formal Linux certification.

Open source major Red Hat Ireland is planning to acquire 40 per cent of the total equity in its sister concern, Red Hat India for which the latter has sought Foreign Investment Promotion Board’s (FIPB) approval.

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