Microsoft reams out Africa
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| The Microsoft reality configuration team is getting plenty
| of mileage out of a shock-horror claim that 81% of computers
| oftware now in use in Africa is illegal or, put another way,
| it wasn't bought from Microsoft.
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| [...]
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| And this time the BSA (Business Software Alliance), whose
| imaginative stats have been called into question, and of
| which Microsoft is a member, wasn't pumping out the numbers.
|
| [...]
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| The dread spectre of Open Source wasn't raised, apparently
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http://p2pnet.net/story/10123
It would be easier to call Linux/OSS users "pirates who use Windows
illegally". The illusionary 'market share' disinformation tactic...
Here's a short sample of recent links:
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
Ubuntu, Open Source invades Remote Rural Zimbabwe/Zambia
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| They have chosen Open Source as a platform. One of the centres is
| purely Ubuntu including desktops.
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http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_Open_Source_invades_Remote_Rural_Zimbabwe_Zambia
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