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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> University Students to Enhance KDE
>
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>| A group of students at the Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse
>| will be collaborating on the KDE projects KPlato and Umbrello
>| as part of their Institut Universitaire Professionalisé en
>| Ingénierie des Systèmes Informatiques (Professional Institute
>| of Computer Software Engineering) course of study.
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> http://dot.kde.org/1165100724/
>
This is truly fantastic - probably for the first time /ever/, it's
possible for Universities to prepare their students for the software
world in the same way they've been able to prepare their engineers,
scientists and mathematicians for scores of decades; they can work on
the /real things/; they learn the /real trade/.
No binary-only stuff here, but actual real programming which can be used
on a real computer from the moment its written.
> Similar to breaking vendor lockin:
>
> Open source and SaaS: Bosom buddies?
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>| That resistance to lock-in Nick ascribes to SaaS is also what
>| makes open source tick. Bosom buddies, SaaS and open source?
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> http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/12/open_source_and_7.html
>
> Related:
>
> South Africa: Open Source 'Helps You And Helps SA'
>
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>| South African companies are being urged to adopt open source software so
>| they can not only cut their running costs but also contribute to job
>| creation and boost the national economy.
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>
> http://allafrica.com/stories/200605180189.html
>
>
> Africa: Africans Need to Develop Open Source Software
>
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>| "Open source gives users freedom to create their projects. We need to
>| be innovative. Proprietary software does not give us that freedom, we
>| cannot change it or play with it to adapt to our needs. We want the
>| freedom to learn, we want to be able to check and change the source
>| code of open source software," Jollitte said.
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> http://allafrica.com/stories/200609130898.html
>
>
> Keep in touch with free software
>
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>| The University of the Western Cape (UWC), in collaboration
>| with the African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources
>| project (Avoir) has released kAlumni, a web-based
>| information system for managing alumni relations
>| and collaboration.
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>
> http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1231
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