An Australian state government signs open standards desktop deal

**dj_stick** · Jun 26, 2004, 07:15 AM

"Sun Microsystems has scored a publicity coup ahead of the much-heralded arrival of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates in Australia, with a NSW government minister announcing today Sun would replace Microsoft in providing an e-mail and calendar system across 1,500 users in the state Roads and Traffic Authority.

The move represents one of the largest rollouts of non-Microsoft based software within the state government."

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Source: ZDNet, Australia

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dj_stick Apple Fanboy? Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Basement of the first floor Posts: 17,485 Rep Power: 190 System Specs	An Australian state government signs open standards desktop deal "Sun Microsystems has scored a publicity coup ahead of the much-heralded arrival of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates in Australia, with a NSW government minister announcing today Sun would replace Microsoft in providing an e-mail and calendar system across 1,500 users in the state Roads and Traffic Authority. The move represents one of the largest rollouts of non-Microsoft based software within the state government." Read More Source: ZDNet, Australia