Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> __/ [ Chirag Shukla ] on Monday 11 September 2006 20:16 \__
>
>> Front page of CNN.com at 19Z --
>>
>> ~~
>> South African magnate Mark Shuttleworth has already conquered space.
>> Now he's set his sights on cyberspace where he hopes to challenge
>> Microsoft.
>> ...
>> ...
>> Now, he is taking on U.S. technology behemoth Microsoft by pioneering
>> free computer software that he hopes will revolutionize the way
>> computers are used, and make the Internet accessible to millions in
>> Africa and other emerging markets.
>>
>> "Ultimately open source is the platform of the future," Shuttleworth
>> told Reuters. "It's one of those enormous waves that is taking over
>> everything -- like the Internet."
>>
>> Shuttleworth's "Ubuntu" family of software programs is based on the
>> Linux open source operating system, which works on the principle that
>> software is free and can be modified at no cost by anyone to suit local
>> and specific needs -- unlike rival Microsoft's proprietary software.
>
> Thanks for that, mate. It was a good article that will reach many readers'
> attention and make Linux better undertood.
Of course, there are other intriguing bits in the article:
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| But Microsoft is fighting back in Africa.
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| The computer giant is funding IT centers in 284 of South Africa's
| municipalities in a project it says will reach half a million of the
| country's poor.
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| Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has dismissed arguments that expensive
| proprietary software can impede the rollout of computer access to poorer
| communities, arguing it is about "open choice not just open source".
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| South Africa -- Africa's richest country -- says it "firmly supports"
| open source software, but, delighted with Microsoft's pledges for IT
| centers and computers in schools, has stopped short of rejecting
| proprietary software altogether.
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I'm sure all these windup notebooks you are sending to help starving
children will contain Ubuntu friendly HW.
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