Govt OSS migration will need skills
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| Asked how organisations and governments should plan their migration to OSS,
| Di Maio said that it should be phased, but not in the usual
| sense. "Definitely a phased approach, but not like Munich where users are
| moved to OpenOffice.org and then to Linux.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1689
South Africa is moving to Linux, in case the Windows loyals did not know this,
starting with the government (as usual).
Last week:
SA Government's OSS plans revealed
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| Migration of current systems is also planned. This will be done in a phased
| approach, beginning with applications such as replacing MS Office with Open
| Office or KOffice and replacing Internet Explorer with Firefox. This will in
| time lead up to the operating system, replacing Windows with a Linux
| distribution. Migration to Apache for the running of government websites has
| already occurred within a number of departments.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1684
Related:
SA Government punts Firefox
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| The South African Department of Communications (DoC) is actively
| punting the popular Firefox web browser. The SA Government has
| already embraced open source software, but it seems to be pushing
| the anti-Microsoft envelope even further.
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Software/549.html
Education dept eyes stronger free software policy
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| South Africa's education department may re-look at its policies
| regarding free and open source software and pursue a stronger open
| source strategy in light of the government's free software strategy
| adopted in February this year.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1460
Nepad e-Schools kicks off in SA
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| Maripe is one of six schools in SA in which computer labs and
| audio-visual centres will be installed as part of the demo project,
| which includes 18 African countries. The initiative was launched in
| March 2003 and aims to see the digitisation of all of the estimated
| 600 000 schools in Africa by 2013.
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| [...]
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| The computers have been equipped with a Linux operating system,
| e-mail client, browser and office productivity suite, and
| educational software that assists in the learning process, as
| well as the administration and maintenance of the school.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2007/0704181037.asp?A=BUS&S=Business&T=News&O=ST
http://tinyurl.com/2n8pa8
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