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/
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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