[kictanet] Is SA Department of Education taking a reasonble step?

[Brian Ngure]

Hi,

I just read this story on Slashdot. Link:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/10/09/1648218/south-african-education-department-bans-free-and-open-source-software

One comment that caught my eye:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4319437&cid=45083711




On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 9:20 PM, John Kariuki <
ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Here is an article talking about the South African department of education
> banning the use of Open Source software in schools.
>
>
> http://www.webaddict.co.za/2013/10/09/south-africa-education-department-bans-open-source-software/
>
>
> John Kariuki
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