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South African Government using Drupal
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| The South African Government is using Drupal
| for their official 2010 FIFA World Cup website
| at http://www.sa2010.gov.za. With the start of
| the 2010 World Cup just hours away, this is a
| timely discovery and a nice win for Drupal.
| The site was built by eConsultant.
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http://buytaert.net/south-african-government-using-drupal
Brazil Wants To Be The Next India and Open Source Is Their Secret Weapon
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| Going back 5 or 6 years, Brazil tried to free
| itself of Microsoft's stranglehold on the
| software it used. It put a big push into
| supporting, using and lead development in open
| source software technology.
|
| Much the same way it supported the use of bio-
| fuels like ethanol, this has led to Brazil
| being less dependent on Microsoft and other
| closed source software. Additionally, a
| booming open source development community has
| been fostered and cultivated.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/62258
Open source could be Brazil's real advantage
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| According to Grynzspan, what started as a
| protest against Microsoft of sorts
| motivated thousands of Brazilians to
| contribute with the development of open-
| source tools. This market is now very well
| developed and is hugely attractive -
| particularly for cash-strapped countries
| such as the UK - however the Brazilian
| government needs to do more to unlock that
| potential and promote it to prospective
| buyers.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/management-matters/2010/06/open-source-could-be-brazils-real-advantage.html
Recent:
Open source could be Africa's technological solution
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| That major computing companies are unlikely
| to want to invest heavily in Africa is not
| lost on the continent's brain trust.
|
| Sure, there could be some investment in major
| cities, but for the most part, the
| continent's on its own. The Free Software and
| Open Source Foundation for Africa is fine
| with that. OK, perhaps "fine" would be
| overstating it, but FOSSFA knows that's the
| reality and so is bringing together the most
| skilled computing minds together to develop
| and distribute applications throughout Africa
| in local languages.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/61953
Tectonic relaunches
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| Tectonic, one of the only websites in Africa
| specialising in open source news, has been
| relaunched.
|
| The site, which closed down in July last
| year, began publishing again on June 1.
|
| Tectonic editor and founder, Alastair Otter,
| closed the site last year saying that other
| projects and pressures had made it difficult
| to keep it running. "At the time I was
| involved in a number of other projects and
| the added pressure of maintaining the site,
| which wasn't my primary job, became too
| much."
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/12835-Tectonic-relaunches.html
SA corporates embracing open source, SaaS
http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33601:sa-corporates-embracing-open-source-saas&catid=69&Itemid=58
Software Institute for Omaruru
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| CAN, a Usakos-based organisation, says its
| objective of establishing what would be
| called the Namibia Open Source Software
| Institute (NOSSI) in Omaruru, Erongo Region,
| during the course of this year, is to promote
| the use of free and open source software,
| which it strongly feels would benefit the
| country.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201005280589.html
Can open source liberate Africa?
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| Because open source gives you equal rights
| with other software developers, it can be
| used effectively to localize software in
| small language groups, such as those found
| across Africa. And the applications can be
| deployed using technology that is already in
| place, so the results are truly independent.
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http://news.myjoyonline.com/technology/201006/47027.asp
Computer Aid Namibia to set up FOSS institute
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| Computer Aid Namibia has unveiled plans to
| establish a free and open source software
| institute in Omaruru. The new institute will
| be known as the Namibia Open Source Software
| Institute (NOSSI) and will promote the use of
| free and open source software in the country.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/2010/06/computer-aid-namibia-to-set-up-foss-institute/
SAâs newest open source geek mag launches
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| South African (and global) geeks now have a
| new magazine to keep themselves entertained
| with. The first issue of The SA Geek magazine
| was launched today.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/2010/06/sas-newest-geek-mag-launches/
Open source marks a new era for African independence
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| This year marks the 50th anniversary of 17
| African states gaining independence.
|
| Now, a wave of homegrown programmers,
| developers and software makers claim to be
| heralding a new era of African
| independence.
|
| Earlier this month, the Idlelo conference,
| organised by the Free Software and Open
| Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA),
| brought together the continent's cleverest
| coding minds at Accra, in Ghana, to discuss
| new software opportunities in Africa.
|
| Unlike the bigger, foreign developers - who
| have mainly targeted the urban markets -
| the coders at this event looked at how to
| reach the rural, relatively poorer
| communities of Africa.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8711264.stm
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