Microsoft, Red Hat, and South Africa’s OS strategy

Not even a week after Jason Matusow, Microsoft Director of Corporate Standards, wrote on his blog that South Africans don’t understand Open Source Software or how to benefit from it, Linux vendor Red Hat have announced that they’re to open an office in South Africa. Via Tectonic:

Starting Monday Red Hat will have an SA-based country manager who

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South African government adopt OSS

Something that has been grabbing media attention recently is the news of our Government’s policy to promote the use of open-source software. The story goes back to September last year when ITWeb reported that the Government had released a draft-version OSS policy framework document by a high-level advisory body. The framework … view full post