Advanced

Telstra IT chief slams claims of 'Linux turf war'

Posted by dave on · 1 comment
Computerworld New Zealand
Mail this story
Print this story

The head of Telstra's technology division opened up with both barrels last week over reports the Australian telco’s CIO, Jeff Smith, has been sidelined because of the failure of open source initiatives. In 2002–03 Telstra looked at replacing most of its Microsoft desktop systems with Linux and Sun's StarOffice, but according to The Australian newspaper, the open source initiatives failed to get traction and Telstra has re-signed its desktop services with Microsoft.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story; Groups: Microsoft, Sun

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

Comments (1)

Expecting to see them on the bleeding edge is like expecting Bush to properly complete his term in the Kansas military or Downer to come across as firm, informed and decisive on camera.

And we have someone from Telstra coming to lecture WA educators about broadband next month. <sarcasm>I'm so excited!</sarcasm>

Post a comment

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post