Press Releases

OSIA says Adopt OpenDocument Format

PiaWaugh — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:00:00 -0700

Open Source Industry Australia Limited (OSIA), Australia's open source industry body, welcomes Microsoft's acceptance of the new gold-standard in office file formats, ODF. ODF will now be interoperable with the most widely implemented office suite in the country. But OSIA cautions 'buyer beware'. Microsoft have announced development of a conversion plugin for the next version of Office, rather than adding ODF as a default option for saving and opening documents. Conversion does not protect against data loss.

South Australian Open Source Industry is set to grow in 2007/08

PiaWaugh — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:00:00 -0700

Open Source Industry Australia Limited (OSIA) today released its findings of a survey of South Australian open source businesses it conducted recently.

The survey results serve to dispel a number of commonly held misconceptions about the open source industry including that there is a lack of support for open source software (OSS) in South Australia.

Linux Australia Urges the Federal Government Not to Abandon Consumer and Competition Interests

PiaWaugh — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:56:33 -0700

Linux Australia, Australia's peak Free and Open Source Software community group, announced the launch of a petition today calling on the federal government to resist pressure to abandon consumer and competition rights when drafting anti-circumvention laws. New laws are required under the terms of the Free Trade Agreement negotiated between Australia and the United States.

Open Source Industry Australia: Microsoft Admits Patent Weakness

PiaWaugh — Thu, 17 May 2007 11:11:26 -0700

Open Source Industry Australia Limited (OSIA) welcomes this week's admission by Microsoft in magazine articles, including Fortune magazine, that the patents it has identified against open source are liable to be struck out as invalid. "We've tried to work it out, but their reasoning is lost on us," said OSIA director Brendan Scott. "They're worried the patents will be invalid, so they're not disclosing them. In the next breath they say its fair for everyone else to pay them for the same patents.

Open Source Industry Survey in South Australia to run through March 2007

PiaWaugh — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:48:43 -0700

Open Source Industry Australia Limited (OSIA) is conducting a survey of South Australian businesses and professional practitioners working with open source technologies. "There is a common misconception that open source technologies are not well supported in the South Australian market," said Jack Burton, spokesman for OSIA. "This survey is the first step in correcting this perception by demonstrating that the open source industry is vibrant, innovative and numerous," he went on to say.

OSIA: Strict Liability: No Thanks!

PiaWaugh — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:52:33 -0800

Press Release
For Immediate Release

OSIA: Strict Liability: No Thanks!

Sydney, 26 November 2006