Labour’s “ICT” policy includes a statement on “Open software” in government, part of which is attempting to get two thirds of government agencies to use some sort of open-source software by 2015. This is basically what you expect from politicians when talking about “ICT” (or nearly anything, unfortunately) – they jump on whatever bandwagon/buzzwords are [...]
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9 Aug
Google Voice? Who really cares?
I really enjoy listening to Jason Calacanis when he’s on TWiT, and I think he generally makes a lot of sense (and considering his success, he clearly knows more than me). However, his anti-Apple rant (like so many others) is really off-base (I’m not the only one that thinks so). There is no technical reason [...]
8 Nov
Time for change, indeed
At last, after nine years, we have the change of government we need. I think the most telling part of the results is that the winners are the parties that are willing to work with others. The Maori party will work with Labour if that’s what gets their policies advanced, but their leaders (and the constituents will [...]
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