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South African Gov't Declared An Open Source Zone
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.'"
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With all the disease over there, I think they actually mean "Open Sores".
(Wow, an actual non-troll use of the "sores" joke!)
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January
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Pain lasts, kid. Its how you know you're alive. Sometimes I think this growing up thing is just pain management-TheMaxx
insiteful....
communism is really basically the same as opensource and gpl is all about...
people never want to admit, but mankind needs to change so that gpl can be really a break thru...
to many greedy and moneydriven folks out there. money is the worlds number one problem.
There are a lot of black "people" in the zoo as well.
-RJN-
This will greatly improve africa and the code they generate (theres over a billion africans) will help the open source community.
Not to mention it will improve their own country.
If you use Linux, please help development of Autopac
What other rights must White Americans be forced to give up in the drive to destroy my people and culture?
Martin Luther Koon, Jr. is largely a myth you've fallen hook-line-and-sinker for. On the night of his assassination, he used church money to buy booze and 2 WHITE prostitutes. One of which he physically and verbally abused.
James Earl Ray rest in valhalla. You truely were an inspirational, true, White man.
Celebrate Martin Luther King day by having a dream tonight! W00t!
Speaking from a publicity standpoint, South Africa seems to have little credibility in the world these days. I'm sure you all remember their government denying that HIV causes AIDS in a desperate bid to avoid having to take responsibility for South Africa's terrible AIDS crisis. Additionally, South Africa unfortunately has a huge problem with rape. It seems that the country is barely able to govern itself, and is perilously sliding towards the chasm of anarchy.
Obviously none of this is the fault of Open Source software. However, I think that if/when South Africa collapses, this will taint whatever good using Open Source has done. All I can say is that I hope another, more stable country, does something similar so that when South Africa implodes, its failure doesn't taint the Open Source community.
Thank you and God bless!
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C - A language that combines the speed of assembly with the ease of use of assembly.
Citizen: "so now how do I use your system to sign up for health benefits and other social benefit programs?" Gov: ....dead silence....then "RTFM! Geez, don't you people know anything?!?! You probably use AOL or something...ROTFLHRHARHARHRA...you are just a Windoze user and not one of us l334 open source people"
Citizen: "Time to move"
I hope this does not go against any of their Apart Height rules. You know, Microsoft being taller than Linux.
Meat is murder, I eat chicken.
...and I have bad news.
...the Governor of Illinois pardoned all the felons on Death Row.
...HanzoSan has disappeared!
First the bad news...
Now the good news...
Thus Open Source advocates created a self-fullfilling prophecy: Deny third-world countries like South Africa from having access to MS products and then express smug satisfaction when said countries are forced to use Open Source materials!
C - A language that combines the speed of assembly with the ease of use of assembly.
What? you mean, they're going to create software?
sorry, that's not where the benefit of open source comes from. The benefit is in taking the work of others and using it for free.
Never fear - Apartheid will live on in Israel.
oh brave new world, that has such people in it!