South Africa Government switches to Open Source
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:30 pm
Cape Town - Cabinet has approved a policy and strategy to implement Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in government, government communications head Themba Maseko said on Thursday.
Current software to be migrated
"All new software developed for or by the government will be based on open standards and government will itself migrate current software to FOSS," he told a media briefing at Parliament following Wednesday's Cabinet meeting.
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Current software to be migrated
"All new software developed for or by the government will be based on open standards and government will itself migrate current software to FOSS," he told a media briefing at Parliament following Wednesday's Cabinet meeting.
rest of the article here