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Submission to National ICT Review

cats — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:36:16 -0700

The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) recently announced it was conducting an independent review of the Australian Government's use and management of information and communication technology (ICT) seeking to identify how the Australian Government can strengthen its management of ICT and maximise the benefits of ICT for greater efficiency and delivery of Government services. The review is also examining Government ICT investments, including maintenance, intra-agency links, development and staffing.

Review of National Innovation System

cats — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:11:45 -0700

This submission to the Expert Panel conducting a Review of the National Innovation System for the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research was made by Brendan Scott on 30 April, 2008.

Introduction:

In our view, "innovation" is not an end in itself.

Foundations of Open: ACT Local 2020 Summit

cats — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:16:18 -0700

by Donna Benjamin on behalf of OSIA, submitted to the National 2020 Summit.

Australia's Open Source Industry is poised for massive growth. Increasing demand for open source skills draws attention to a deficit our education system is not addressing. Misconceptions are the key barrier preventing broad local adoption of, and contribution to, Open Source Software.

The Australian Open Source Industry & Community Census 2007

PiaWaugh — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:41:28 -0700

The Australian Open Source Industry & Community Report is published by Waugh Partners as a freely downloadable PDF and is redistributable under a Creative Commons BY-ND license.

April Melbourne Meeting

cats — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:47:04 -0700

These notes were taken by Hamish Taylor during informal discussion at the Melbourne OSIA meeting held on Thu 17 April 2008, in the Innovation@257 centre, Collins St, Melbourne CBD.

Major Aussie political parties back open source

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:00:00 -0800

Story published in Haymarket's ITnews - 23 November 2007

Australia’s independent Open Source industry body, Open Source Industry Australia Limited (OSIA), has welcomed news that all the major political parties contesting the forthcoming federal election are strong supporters of Open Source software.

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OSIA opposes Endorsement of OOXML as an ISO standard

PiaWaugh — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:00:00 -0700

Brendan Scott, on behalf of Open Source Industry Australia Ltd made this submission to Standards Australia on the matter of endorsing ISO

OSIA suggests that Standards Australia should not support endorsement of the OOXML format as an ISO Standard at this time. OSIA believes endorsement of OOXML as an ISO Standard would create a number of issues including:

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.

Open Source Industry Australia Limited (OSIA) today released its findings of a survey of South Australian

MarkPhillips — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:35:00 -0700

Report of a brief survey conudcted in 2007 seeking to identify South Australian businesses working in the open source industry and to catalogue their areas of expertise and business practice. The survey findings serve to dispel a number of common misconceptions about the open source industry in SA.

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.