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[News] Linux Wins in South Africa, Despite Microsoft 'Charities'

PanAfrica: Donor Support in Eastern Cape e-Learning Programme Encouraged

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| For example, Microsoft have donated software such as the Windows XP 
| (Professional), as well as its word processing package, MS Office Suite 
| (2003) and the indexing software, Encarta, for school libraries in the 
| Province.
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| [...]
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| He, however, said that the Eastern Cape Province is ahead of other
| Provinces in the country in that all departments are slowly being run
| using OSS. He revealed that all the workstations in the Premier's office
| are using OSS. This includes operating systems (Linux), word-processors
| (Open Office Suite) and internet browsers (Mozilla).
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