Thawte Founder Launches Open Source Campaign

An anonymous reader writes "Mark Shuttleworth ^? , lauched a campaign to increase the use of open-source software in South Africa, according to the Sunday Times. The GO-open source campaign is aimed at households and small businesses. Shuttleworth founded Thawte Consulting in 1995 and subsequently sold it to Verisign for $575 Million."

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Bad moderation

[texasandroid]

I selected the wrong moderation choice on a post and am posting this to kill that moderation. I ask other moderators to have mercy, and not mod me off-topic, but instead just let this post languish at it's default level.

This isn't the only good thing in Africa...

[Three Headed Man]

A very nice gentleman recently contacted me about transferring some funds out of Africa as well.

Re:Robber Baron Stikes Again

[Cally]

any new way to save money that could be put to use in a better way is something to look at.

How about having a whip-round for the cash needed to get a nice professional hit done on the Minister for Bullshi^h^h^h Health? I'm only half-joking - any country that has a health minister who recommends potatoes, garlic and lemon juice as a cure for AIDS & who is NOT then sacked in disgrace on the spot, has _serious_ problems :/ (google for "Mantu AIDS M'Beki" for the gory details...) Anyway this is completely O/T.