[kictanet] Fwd: SA Government Goes Open Source

[Dorcas Muthoni]

Sure.. great software there too!

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Joseph Mucheru <jmucheru at google.com> wrote:

> Also http://www.code.google.com :-)
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> On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:22 PM, "Dorcas Muthoni" <dmuthoni at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Some great references for open source software;
>
> <http://sourceforge.net/>http://sourceforge.net/ and
> <http://freshmeat.net>http://freshmeat.net
>
> Both are the largest repositories of open source software. Browse through
> categories or search using strings.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:27 AM, James Kagwe < <jkagwe at kippra.or.ke>
> jkagwe at kippra.or.ke> wrote:
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> > Can someone recommend to me some of the best websites for open-source
> > software?
> >
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> > kippra.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
> > Behalf Of Alex Gakuru
> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:27 AM
> > To: James Kagwe
> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: SA Government Goes Open Source
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> > Thanks to the policy space already provided.
> >
> > On December 14, the Dutch Government gave a "soft
> > deadline" to all their government agencies to "Adopt
> > FOSS or Explain Why Not?" I'd written a newspaper
> > article on this but, we all know, things happened:(
> >
> > /Alex
> > ------
> >
> > "Dutch government moves ahead with plans to promote
> > use of open-source software"
> > December 14, 2007
> >
> > The Dutch government has set a soft deadline of April
> > 2008 for agencies at the national level to adopt
> > open-source software such as free word processing
> > programs and Internet browsers, the Economic Affairs
> > Ministry said Thursday.
> >
> > Under the policy, approved Wednesday, government
> > organizations will still be able to use proprietary
> > software and formats, but will have to justify that
> > decision under the principle of "adopt or explain" why
> > not, ministry spokesman Edwin van Scherrenburg said.
> >
> > Van Scherrenburg said the plan had been approved
> > unanimously at a meeting of two parliamentary
> > commissions Wednesday.
> > ...
> >
> > <<http://news.theage.com.au/dutch-government-moves-ahead-with-plans-to-pr>
> > http://news.theage.com.au/dutch-government-moves-ahead-with-plans-to-pr
> > omote-use-of-opensource-software/20071214-1gzj.html>
> >
> >
> > --- John Kariuki < <ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > > Good idea.
> > >  The ICT Policy contemplated the  use of open source
> > > as a component of encouraging growth of local
> > > software industry in order to increase
> > > competition,access,diversity of choice and to enable
> > > users to develop solutions.
> > >
> > > John.
> > >
> > > Gakiria < <gakiria at gmail.com>gakiria at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >
> >
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