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[News] African Regions and Nations Choose Linux

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

You now discover the aim of the Gates Foundation (other than tax evasion).


Some background:

Microsoft offers South Africa cheap internet connections

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| The big idea is to provide affordable options for consumers who
| purchase Internet connectivity and a personal computer running
| Microsoft's Windows starter edition software.
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                http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32967

Bill Gates lends cash to buy newspapers

$350 million to MediaNews

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| Gates involvement has been very behind the scenes. In fact many of
| those involved in the deal didn'teven know he was one of the investors.
| It was carried out through the Gates Foundation, the world's largest
| philanthropy outfit.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33849


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| My background is finance and accounting....
| 
| However, the Gates Buffet foundation grant is nothing more than a shell
| game in which control of assets for both Gates and Buffet remain the same.
| 
| THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH BY THESE TWO WILL BE
| MUCH MORE MASSIVE BECAUSE THEY WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY ANY TAXES.
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http://www.mail-archive.com/futurework@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg03323.html


State science department embraces Linux

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| "We promote free and open source software not only because we want
| excellent software but also because Foss is excellent for scientific
| applications. And where we develop our own software we will comply with
| open standards and licence the software under Foss licences wherever
| possible."
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1167

Fossfa calls on African leaders to adopt FOSS

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| "We believe this model - developing software by a community of peer
| reviewed activists, participants and employees and gifting the results
| back into the community to be further developed by others thus extending
| the cycle - can be extended to economic and social development in Africa.
| It is in this context that the FOSS model emerges as a powerful model
| for African development.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1169

Africa: Africans Need to Develop Open Source Software

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| "One thing that is hindering the development of software is the issue
| of patents, for example patenting scientific work and computer
| software. These patents are designed to curtail the development of
| open source software in South Africa and other countries," he said.
| 
| [...]
| 
| "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

NGOs petition government to adopt FOSS

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| The South African NGO sector is gathering momentum to petition the
| South African government to adopt free and open source software. The
| petition, to be sent to Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, the minister of
| public service and administration, calls on government to reduce
| the country's dependence on software imports.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1142

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.
|
| [...]
|
| 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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                http://allafrica.com/stories/200607210866.html

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