Hi all, To add to this story. When the South African Government went open source, Microsoft offered free software to all the schools. All that was needed was to fill in an application form. That fact was widely publicised. However, what was never publicised was the fact that very few schools, if any, received it.
However, the Linux community managed to lash back in a very big way. Mark Shuttleworth, bless his soul, sponsors the tuxLab program through the Shuttleworth Foundation whereby schools are given free computer labs. This started in the Western Cape and has expanded to my stamping ground, the Eastern Cape. So now it is headed for the interior of the country and is being rolled out in Johannesburg and the surrounding areas. It has also been earmarked for Nepad, so it will be rolled out all over Africa very soon. Also, Freedom toasters are being rolled out right across the country, which allow you to burn the distro of your choice at no charge. So, here at least Microsoft are getting a run for their money. By the way, should anybody be interested in the complete tuxLab installation software, I am sure I can make a plan to get it there or place the iso's on a download site. I liase fairly closely with the guys from the Shuttleworth Foundation. Regards, Tom _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
