Introducing the Microsoft Deployment Council

The NAB is moving on swiftly from its XP roll-out to Windows 7, all thanks to the Microsoft Deployment Council. Who is in this council? Is there a Linux equivalent? All this and more in this week's episode of Patch Monday.

We also see which other organisations are also looking at Windows 7 and whether it is viable to test yet.

A little known company founded locally has won big in a patent infringement case against Microsoft, winning US$388 million in damages. The CSIRO settled with Microsoft but terms were undisclosed.

The battle between Bottle Domains and auDA, Australia's domain name administrator, continues and we discuss the current situation.

Jaunty Jackalope has hit release candidate status and the Patch Monday team give their thoughts on Ubuntu going mainstream.