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Open source sets sights on SMEs
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| Connection Telecom's Asterisk is a free open source telecoms solution
| developed by Mark Spencer in 2002 and 2003. Spencer was a Linux vendor
| looking for an open source PABX system. Shocked by the high prices of
| existing proprietary solutions, Spencer sat down and wrote Asterisk, which by
| answering the need for a cost-effective alternative, became an immediate
| global success story.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2008/0805161145.asp?A=HOME&O=FPMN
Open source industry worth 30bn pounds (GBP)
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| One open source manager has claimed the industry is worth £30 billion,
| despite the software being given away for free.
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http://www.onestopclick.com/news/Open-source-industry-worth-%C2%A330bn_18596824.html
Recent:
The open-source industry is worth $60 billion
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| John Powell, CEO of Alfresco, has declared that the open-source industry is
| worth $60 billion, not necessarily because of its vendors' collective
| revenue, but rather because of the value of the cost savings for customers.
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9944923-16.html
Open source: 'World's largest software company'
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| The Standish Group found 11 per cent of all new commercial software
| requirements are satisfied by open source solutions and components. That
| figure doesn't include application service providers (ASPs) that use open
| source to service their clients.
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http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39201838,00.htm
Accurate market share statistics and The $60 Billion dollar question
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| One of our Editors, Carla Schroder mentioned that the headline could just as
| easily be "Consumers and businesses save $60 billion, and have money to spend
| on useful things, instead of predatory overpriced software licenses" and a
| reader wrote it could be titled "Innovative corporations have saved over $60B
| by switching to Open Source". Because if we're going to spin it, we might as
| well spin it our way right? Who's to say that the huge markup in sales price
| by Microsoft hasn't resulted in many of Microsoft's customers having to get
| by posting smaller than usual profits. Wouldn't that cost the IT industry
| money? A ton of money is my bet.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/102102/index.html
SA's open source acceleration
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| Beveridge says while many people think only of the Linux operating system
| when they talk about open source software, its scope is much deeper than
| that. The ambit of open source extends from the open document format ODF -
| that describes exactly how information is stored and formatted - to
| applications such as OpenOffice (a competitor of Microsoft Office) to the
| desktop and server versions of the Linux operating system, to name but a few.
|
| Another misconception surrounding the technology is that it's free. And while
| most of it doesn't have licence fees attached to it, users pay for the
| application's service and support. That's why it's gaining popularity with
| developing countries, because it encourages the development of indigenous
| technology companies.
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Software/3690.html
Embrace the Reality and Logic of Choice
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| Another neo-colonialist press release from Microsoft's CompTIA lobbying arm,
| this time inveighing against South Africa's adoption of ODF as a national
| standard. One way to point out the absurdity of their logic is to replace the
| reference to ODF with references to any other useful standard that a
| government might adopt, like electrical standards.
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/04/embrace-reality-and-logic-of-choice.html
$1 buys a lot of StarOffice
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| As government begins its move to the Open Document Format (ODF) standard, Sun
| Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz has offered President Thabo Mbeki as many
| copies of StarOffice his office requires for a total cost of just $1.00.
|
| [...]
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| Beveridge explains that the biggest implemetation project currently underway
| within the South African government is the move to ODF.
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http://it-online.co.za/content/view/272690/142/
Government, NGOs 'turning to Linux'
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| "It's extremely easy - basically anyone can install Linux now."
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| Organisations such as the Shuttleworth Foundation, which help provide
| computers to underprivileged schools, use Linux instead of Windows to cut
| costs.
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http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?from=rss_IOLTechHome&iSectionId=2883&iArticleId=4366559
South Africa adopts ODF as a national standard
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| The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) on Friday approved the Open
| Document Format (ODF) as an official national South African standard. The
| adoption of ODF by South Africa opens the way for the businesses and
| government to adopt ODF more widely in their processes.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2365
Related:
Source of the revolution
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| According to Ghosh, the notional value of Europe's investment in
| free/libre or open source software (FLOSS) today is Euro22bn,
| representing 20.5pc of the region's total software investment.
| Spending on OSS stands at e36bn and accounts for 20pc of software
| expenditure in the US.
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http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single8105
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
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| distribution. Migration to Apache for the running of government websites has
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| already occurred within a number of departments.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1684
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