Be the signal

“Mr Rudd’s hardline approach comes amid Opposition claims that he is too close to China.” — Our newly minted opposition just can’t catch a break, no matter what they try.

“Marieke Hardy’s blog, Reasons You Will Hate Me, has taken out the gong for best Australia/New Zealand blog at the international Bloggies.” — Breakfast radio, First Tuesday Book Club, loud-left, foul-mouthed, alabaster wordsmith. What’s not to like?

“This report simply misses the mark. It’s watered down and mostly wrong, but has a ring of truthiness to it. Gartner realizes that open source is increasingly dominating, but fails to recognize by how much and how quickly.” — Who watches the watchmen?

“The NSW Department of Education has put Microsoft on notice after it agreed to extend its software licensing agreement for just one year instead of renegotiating a new three-year contract.” — Prepares to deploy OpenOffice.org on 41000 PCs by end of 2008

“You’ve heard about Linux. It powers everything from servers to mobile phones, can be found in schools, governments, industry and homes, and a good chunk of the internet’s infrastructure is powered by it.” — Local consumer magazine CHOICE pimping Ubunt