South African Gov't Declared An Open Source Zone

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

South African Gov't Declared An Open Source Zone

Posted by timothy on Monday January 20, 2003 @03:57PM from the nice-to-own-what-you-pay-for dept.

fungai writes "The Business Day reports that the South African government has decided to adopt open source software and develop support programs with local research institutes and universities. The CIO of the State IT Agency says: 'The logic for open-source is so compelling that after a year of debates we decided to stop talking and declare government an open-source zone.'"

8 of 540 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

How will this affect apartheid? by jonny-mt · 2003-01-20 16:00 · Score: -1, Flamebait

I mean, will there be a section for Red Hat, one for Mandrake, a corner for Suse....
monkeys by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-20 16:19 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Big deal, open source all South African code is 100% Aryan. Computers are too complicated for niggers.

-RJN-
Re:Africa doesnt need jobs it needs an economy. by Anti-HanzoSan · 2003-01-20 17:36 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Robotics, AI, and alot of computer devices they create could be exported giving them a similar economy to that of Japan.

The economy of Japan has been in recession for over a decade, you stupid fool!

Why does Africa want and economy like that?!
Re:You think capitalism is better? by Anti-HanzoSan · 2003-01-20 17:57 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Communism is bad, but no country has successfully been built on Capitalism.

Oh? You tell me, which ones are in better shape...
East Germany or West Germany?
North Korea or South Korea?
Taiwan and Hong Kong or mainland China?

You must be trolling. Nobody could really be that dumb!
What a surprise by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-20 18:11 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Niggers don't want to pay for anything. Can't wait until they're all dead from AIDS.
Re:Socialism is required by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-20 20:31 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Socialism? Capitalism? It makes no difference what they like to call it. Kaffers can't rule their own lives, much less a country. They're primitive children of nature, it doesn't matter if a few of them with slightly more developed frontal lobes got free trips to brainwashing at schools and military academies in Moscow.
a question about niggers by AnimeFreak · 2003-01-20 21:30 · Score: -1, Flamebait

If you drop a watermellon off the Empire State Building, does it get eaten by a bunch of niggers before it hits the ground?
Re:This is AFRICA not America by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 00:17 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Because everyone in South Africa owns a piece of DeBeers, right?

dork.