Mandriva open office in Lagos
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| Mandriva West Africa to start operations in February 2007 to offer
| the Mandriva Linux operating system and open source applications
| and solutions to individuals, educational institutions, publica
| nd private organizations, ISVs and OEMs all over West Africa.
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http://www.linuxlookup.com/2007/feb/22/mandriva_open_office_in_lagos
This isn't exactly news, but it's a formal announcement. Also yesterday:
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
http://tinyurl.com/2c8lbz
While nobody has commented on this, it's pretty huge. All those nations that
choose Open Source are part of a chain reaction. It's here. And with
Microsoft's lawsuit over the MP3 format, their profits are expected to sink
significantly in the quarter to come, despite the reduced spendings
(becoming static and refusing to evolve). Their profit have already gone
down in the last quarter. And no company can ever remain in a static state,
based on economic priciples. Either you explode or implode. And Microsoft is
gradually going down. That's inertia.
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