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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Make up your mind on ICT, Shuttleworth tells government
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>| Shuttleworth believes that South African government needs to take
>| several steps to catapult the country into the future. The first step
>| would be to make achievable commitments, for example, committing to
>| run between five and fifteen percent of government laptops on Linux or
>| free software by 2007. Next, South Africa must increase the ability
>| of education to produce graduates that are as comfortable using free
>| software as its proprietary counterpart, giving them the ability to
>| choose the best tool for the job.
> `----
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> http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1250
Free software enables every country, no matter how big or small their
economy might be, the possibility of being in control of their own ICT
requirements. This starts with the simple and basic items, like proper
localisation, through to more esoteric things, like being sure that
you're not being spied on by a foreign government.
--
| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
You can prove anything by mentioning another computer language. :-)
-- Larry Wall in <199706242038.NAA29853@xxxxxxxx>
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