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South Africans don’t understand OSS - Microsoft
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| Despite having an open source strategy the South African government doesn’t
| really understand how to benefit from OSS. This is according to Microsoft
| director of corporate standards, Jason Matusow. Matusow, who was in South
| Africa on an “external outreach” trip around the time SA adopted ODF as a
| national standard, writes on his blog that not only does government not
| understand how to benefit from open source software, but South Africans were
| unlikely to ever do any “deep” development work on Linux.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2432
Recent:
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
Welcome to the Open Source Era
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| Research indicates open source is gaining momentum, and there are significant
| amounts of money coming from the investment community into open source
| vendors.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/industryinsight/businessintelligence/winckler080508.asp?S=Business%20Intelligence&A=BUI&O=FPII
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
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