[plug] Open Source WA article in today's West Australian

Peter F Bradshaw pfb at exadios.com
Tue Oct 31 17:17:10 WST 2006


Hi;

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Stuart Midgley wrote:

> actually, if you read the article
>
> 	http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=30&ContentID=11625
>
> you will see
>
> ?We?re negotiating with a consortium that has just received a
> significant level of Government funding for four years, and part of
> their funding is for industry development activity."
>
> which doesn't indicate a private company... but a government funded
> consortium.

What's the difference?

>
> Stu.
>
>
> On 31/10/2006, at 13:27, Fred Janon wrote:
>
> > I saw a pretty good article in the West Australian newspaper this
> > morning,  in the IT section I think. The article is in favor of the
> > OSWA centre and initiative. I think that someone from the DOIR said
> > that a private company is working towards offering the same
> > services as
> > OSWA did.
> >
> > Fred
> >

Cheers

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