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Open Source: Computing for the masses
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| At the El Sawy Culture Wheel in Zamalek,
| Al-Masry Al-Youm sponsored the "Free Open
| Source" festival on Saturday, also known
| as "Install Fest" or "GNU Linux" day.
| Volunteers held sessions on a range of
| topics, with a focus on the Open Source
| concept, explaining how even common
| applications could enhance user security.
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http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/open-source-computing-masses
5 reasons why you must support the spread of Open Source Software
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| Open Source Software guarantees quality
| closed source software
| It is very ironic but true. Without enormous
| pressure from mostly freely available and
| quality OSS, most closed source software
| would have just been junk. For instance,
| without pressure and competition from Linux,
| Windows 7 would not have been such a polished
| and nice software. OSS keeps closed source
| software developers on their toes in the
| knowledge that there is always some
| alternative available to users should they
| get it wrong.
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| Open Source Software reduces cost
| Imagine your company in need of a particular
| software that is not available in the form it
| wants but there are others out there it can
| tweak to suit its needs. In this case, your
| company has two options, either build from
| scratch (which can be very expensive and time
| consuming) or grab the source code of an
| existing software and tweak it to their
| taste. Which would you prefer if you were the
| CFO?
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http://www.ghabuntu.com/2010/04/5-reasons-why-you-must-support-spread.html
Recent:
FLOSS in Egypt (and bits of the Middle-East)
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| Ladies and gentlemen meet the FLOSS Community
| in Egypt. Where should I start. Well there is
| a community but before I state my opinion on
| it let me explain how it functioned the last
| time I checkedâ. It is just like the regional
| policy â1 BIG guyâ and everyone follows, and
| some others trying to overthrow him, not to
| provide a better option but rather to occupy
| the position of a leader. Activities of
| communities are almost only âInstallation
| festsâ and once a year at some university a
| weekend (in which no one really would show up
| due to their educational and society problems)
| they try to hold a little speech about FLOSS.
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http://seilo.geekyogre.com/2009/10/floss-vs-me/
Get Nerdy: An open source
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| The Linux operation system, for example, is preferred by many technology
| savvy individuals and is growing in popularity because of its benefits. The
| operation system is available for anyone to change and distribute.
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http://www.siude.com/pulse/get_nerdy_an_open_source-1.1482308
Egypt joins LPI ranks
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| Linux certification body Linux Professional Institute has added another
| African country to its ranks with the inclusion of Egypt as an LPI
| affilliate. Egypt joins a growing number of African LPI affiliates including
| South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.The LPI also announced this week
| new affiliates in Pakistan and the United Arab emirates. Egypt joins LPI
| ranks.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2105
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