south africa

Local hero: Stefan Lesicnik on Linux and Ubuntu

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:08:39 -0600

South Africas Stefan Lesicnik was this week confirmed as an Ubuntu contributing developer. Tectonic asked Stefan where his work with Linux started.

Ubuntu in South Africa - What it Really Means

admin — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:23:23 -0500

Almost everyone knows about the Ubuntu release of Linux. But who really knows what Ubuntu means? This article is full of great examples of the "Ubuntu" ethic as it's practiced in South Africa.

South Africa's open source migration on track

admin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:12:02 -0500

The South African State IT Agency will migrate to open source software over the coming year. Other departments are already well advanced in their migration plans.

The CONSEGI 2008 Declaration: Six Nations "Just Say No" to ISO/I...

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:03:49 -0500

Standards Blog: "This newest challenge to the continued relevance of ISO and IEC was thrown when major IT agencies of six nations - Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Paraguay, South Africa and Venezuela - signed a declaration that deploring the refusal of ISO and IEC to further review the appeals submitted by the National Bodies of four nations."

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:06:49 -0500

Microsoft officials announced at TechEd South Africa on August 6 that SQL Server 2008 has been released to manufacturing.

RE[2]: Far too optimistic, IMO

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:13:33 -0500

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 18th Nov 2006 18:23 UTC, submitted by editingwhiz South Africa native and current London resident Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical Ltd.

Mr. Matusow, South Africa and the Microsoft brainwasher

admin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:00:36 -0500

So could you ask, what is this "collaborative development", this new syntagm Microsoft is using all over the place? Well, buried deep towards the very end of his post, Mr. Matusow gives us a definition ...

The Embrace, Extend, Extinguish of ODF Begins?

admin — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:42:35 -0500

"On the same day that I read that the South Africa standards body has filed an official appeal against the approval of OOXML with ISO/IEC, I find Patrick Durusau has written the following outrageous words regarding Microsoft's announcement it will support ODF, and trust me when I tell you the opening is just a taste..."

South Africa Files Official Appeal Re OOXML - OOXML in Limbo

admin — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:20:45 -0500

Andy Updegrove has the news that South Africa has filed an official appeal, protesting the approval of OOXML, and the action means that OOXML is now in limbo until the appeal is decided. I wonder if this is why Microsoft suddenly decided to support ODF, to avoid being shut out completely pending the appeal.

ODF is now a national standard in Brazil, South Africa and C

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:55:23 -0500

Authorities Standardization in Brazil, South Africa and Croatia approve ODF as the national standard. More info you can find:Brazil: http://homembit.com/2008/04/odf-is-now-a-brazilian-standard-nbr-isoiec-2... Africa: http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2365Croatia: http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7563/469