The missing piece from the Coalition's NBN plan
The man who claimed once that John Howard broke the nation's heart is about to take the NBN and embark on a Tin Man impression of his own.
Null Pointer
Chris Duckett dispenses with "trends", "magic quadrants" and other salesbot speak to investigate what is really the foundation of IT: source code.
Chris Duckett
Chris started his journalistic adventure in 2006 as the Editor of Builder AU after originally joining CBS as a programmer. After a Canadian sojourn, he returned in 2011 as the Editor of TechRepublic Australia.
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