<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Maybe their policy makers feel their abundant and various mineral resources suffice to drive their economic future --- as opposed to investing in knowledge for the masses? If so, would they be justified to ask rest of Africa to "shut up!- we are just fine with closed knowledge."? <br><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Thursday, October 10, 2013 9:27 PM, John Kariuki <ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div
id="yiv7936483365"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt;"><div>Here is an article talking about the South African department of education banning the use of Open Source software in schools.</div><div><br></div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.webaddict.co.za/2013/10/09/south-africa-education-department-bans-open-source-software/">http://www.webaddict.co.za/2013/10/09/south-africa-education-department-bans-open-source-software/</a><br clear="all">
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