Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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South Africa’s IT agency to migrate to open source in coming year
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| The South African State IT Agency (Sita), which provides IT services to
| government, will itself migrate to open source software over the coming year.
| This is according to the organisation’s 2007/2008 annual report (PDF) which
| has been tabled in Parliament.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3240
Here is the SITA Annual Report 2008:
http://www.sita.co.za/docs/SITA%20AnnualReport2008.pdf
In the 2007/8 financial year the academy started creating capacity on an OSS skills development programme for 40 ICT graduates. The graduates have completed their classroom training and have commenced with the practical training under the SITA Free Open Source Standards (FOSS) Programme Office to support the organisation’s migration to an OSS platform.
SITA braves open source
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| SITA has chosen Ubuntu for its desktop operating environment. Running on top
| of this will be open office, as well as several other FOSS applications,
| aimed at improving SITA's collaborative and engagement environments.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2008/0806111200.asp?A=ITG&S=IT%20in%20Government&O=FPLEAD
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