[plug] OSWA closing ?

[Daniel Pearson (Flashware Solutions)]

Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2006, Bernd Felsche wrote:
>   
>> skribe <skribe at amber.com.au> writes:
>>     
>>> Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hm, who would be a good candidate though? I'd say "opensouce WA"..
>>>>         
>>> Maybe try talkback radio.  I don't listen to them but their rep is that 
>>> they're always dissing the govt.
>>>       
>>>> Besides, "innvoation" doesn't have to mean "open source".
>>>>         
>>> Sure, it shouldn't be exclusive.  But it's somewhat hypocritical to 
>>> claim to be supporting the IT industry while closing one of the agencies 
>>> that assists new innovation.  I'm sure even the mainstream media can see 
>>> that.
>>>       
>> Looks like my presentation is about 3 months too late. :-(
>>     
>
> [snip]
>
> Well, this is the sort of thing which would be useful to showcase to
> corporate WA.
>
> So, excluding "internet" and computing companies, is there some examples
> of WA businesses and companies who have realised real benefits through
> OSS? And where's all this wonderful information hiding on the greater web? :)
>
> As an example, I've seen an accountant or two pop up in archived PLUG
> posts who are using some OSS to faciliate their business. Would anyone
> be able to elaborate on that?
>   
How about Nandos? I remember seeing a post just recently about their 
switch to OSS.
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