[kictanet] Fwd: SA Government Goes Open Source

[saidimu apale]

Have a look at http://www.iosn.net/, a UNDP advocacy site for free and
open source software, focused on the Asia-Pacific region. It has great
primers on FOSS (Free/Open-Source Software) and its potential in
education, government, healthcare etc.

Saidi

On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 11:27 +0300, James Kagwe wrote:
> Can someone recommend to me some of the best websites for open-source
> software?
> 
> Best Regards,
> James Kagwe
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> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+jkagwe=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
> 
> 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
> omote-use-of-opensource-software/20071214-1gzj.html>
> 
> 
> --- John Kariuki <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> wrote: 
> 
> 
> 
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