Sure.. great software there too!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Joseph Mucheru <<a href="mailto:jmucheru@google.com">jmucheru@google.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Also <a href="http://www.code.google.com" target="_blank">http://www.code.google.com</a> :-)<br><br>--<div>Joe Mucheru +254722522135</div><div>Google </div><div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div>
</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><div><br>On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:22 PM, "Dorcas Muthoni" <<a href="mailto:dmuthoni@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmuthoni@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div>
<blockquote type="cite"><div>Some great references for open source software;<br><br><a href="http://sourceforge.net/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/</a> and <a href="http://freshmeat.net" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://freshmeat.net" target="_blank">http://freshmeat.net</a><br>
<br>Both are the largest repositories of open source software. Browse through categories or search using strings.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:27 AM, James Kagwe <<a href="mailto:jkagwe@kippra.or.ke" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:jkagwe@kippra.or.ke" target="_blank">jkagwe@kippra.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
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Can someone recommend to me some of the best websites for open-source<br>
software?<br>
<br>
Best Regards,<br>
James Kagwe<br>
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: SA Government Goes Open Source<br>
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Thanks to the policy space already provided.<br>
<br>
On December 14, the Dutch Government gave a "soft<br>
deadline" to all their government agencies to "Adopt<br>
FOSS or Explain Why Not?" I'd written a newspaper<br>
article on this but, we all know, things happened:(<br>
<br>
/Alex<br>
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"Dutch government moves ahead with plans to promote<br>
use of open-source software"<br>
December 14, 2007<br>
<br>
The Dutch government has set a soft deadline of April<br>
2008 for agencies at the national level to adopt<br>
open-source software such as free word processing<br>
programs and Internet browsers, the Economic Affairs<br>
Ministry said Thursday.<br>
<br>
Under the policy, approved Wednesday, government<br>
organizations will still be able to use proprietary<br>
software and formats, but will have to justify that<br>
decision under the principle of "adopt or explain" why<br>
not, ministry spokesman Edwin van Scherrenburg said.<br>
<br>
Van Scherrenburg said the plan had been approved<br>
unanimously at a meeting of two parliamentary<br>
commissions Wednesday.<br>
...<br>
<br>
</div></div><<a href="http://news.theage.com.au/dutch-government-moves-ahead-with-plans-to-pr" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://news.theage.com.au/dutch-government-moves-ahead-with-plans-to-pr" target="_blank">http://news.theage.com.au/dutch-government-moves-ahead-with-plans-to-pr</a><br>
<div>omote-use-of-opensource-software/20071214-1gzj.html><br>
<br>
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--- John Kariuki <<a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
> Dear all,<br>
> Good idea.<br>
> The ICT Policy contemplated the use of open source<br>
> as a component of encouraging growth of local<br>
> software industry in order to increase<br>
> competition,access,diversity of choice and to enable<br>
> users to develop solutions.<br>
><br>
> John.<br>
><br>
> Gakiria <<a href="mailto:gakiria@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:gakiria@gmail.com" target="_blank">gakiria@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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