[kictanet] Fwd: SA Government Goes Open Source

[Alex Gakuru]

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--- saidimu apale <saidimu at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> > 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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