Stories about: AUUG

With more than 30 years of history behind it, AUUG, the organization for Unix, Linux and open source professionals, faces its toughest challenge to stay in tact as members at the 2007 AGM decide its future this week.

Maintaining a large number of Linux servers to power its search and Web application services is at the heart of Google's business and, until now, has remained a closely guarded secret.

AUUG, the Australian users organization for Unix, Linux and open source professionals, is facing one of the toughest challenges in its 30-year history as long-standing members question its relevance.

Gaming machine services and monitor Unitab will undertake a development project to help manage information gathered by some 700 Linux-based appliances.

IT managers who want to deploy an open source solution but are worried about company politics should go ahead and do it without asking, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Japan IT manager Mark Uemura.

The effort spearheaded in the US to require people building voice technologies to code in wiretapping from the beginning of development, is currently the gravest threat to cyber-freedom, according to Brad Templeton from the Electronic Frontier Foundation who spoke at AUUG 2005 today.

Although many open source software (OSS) projects will splinter into cyberspace dust, Peter Gutmann believes its sustainable development is possible.

Problem solving is the broad theme for this year's Australian Unix and Open Systems User Group (AUUG) conference.

Abe Singer, San Diego Supercomputer Centre's open systems security expert, will lead tutorials at two Australian Unix and open systems user group (AUUG) seminars in Melbourne and Sydney next month.

Coinciding with the second annual open computing in government conference in Canberra next month, Special Minister of State, Senator Eric Abetz will launch the Australian government 'Open Source Guide', the Australian Unix Users Group (AUUG) has announced.

Once-mighty user groups now struggle for relevancy and need to be prepared to change their agenda or risk dying out, according to group leaders.