A critical eye on the glamorous Open Source
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| Open source remains one of this year's hot IT topics. Last month the
| government announced the formal adoption of its open source policy and
| strategy in a cabinet statement declaring that the government would migrate
| to open source software.
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| In its announcement last month, the government also stated that all
| new software developed for, or by, government will be based on open
| standard. We congratulate it for this excellent initiative.
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http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=6117
>From policy to practicality.
Related:
[South African] Government switches to Open Source
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| Cape Town - Cabinet has approved a policy and strategy to implement
| Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in government, government
| communications head Themba Maseko said on Thursday.
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http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2888&iArticleId=3695987
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