Speeches 

Open Source Awards 2008

David Cunliffe

25.09.2008

Speech to New Zealand Open Source Awards, Intercontinental Hotel, 24 September 2008

It's a pleasure to celebrate the successes of open source with you tonight.

I thought I'd set the mood tonight with some humour.

I heard recently that RedHat have developed an 'open source' beer called Red Brew. The recipes for making the beer are available for free over...  more +

Open Source Awards 2008 Speech

David Cunliffe

25.09.2008

Speech notes as Communications and Information Technology Minister David Cunliffe addresses the Open Source Awards 2008.

It's a pleasure to celebrate the successes of open source with you tonight.

I thought I'd set the mood tonight with some humour.

I heard recently that RedHat have developed an 'open source' beer called Red Brew. The recipes for making the beer are available for free over the Net, an...  more +

Microsoft TechEd - connecting Kiwis to each other and the rest of the world

David Cunliffe

01.09.2008

I've been asked to answer the question: What are you doing to get New Zealanders connected to each other and the rest of the world?

The question I pose to you is what aren't we doing? This government hasn't stopped since we came into office in getting our systems up to international standards - the Telecommunications Stocktake, Operational Separation of

The Digital Strategy 2.0 that I released last week provides a plat...  more +