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It's January 1997, and cuddled in a dingy bar within the precincts of Wandegeya's (a Kampala city suburb) famous "Bermuda Triangle," each one hugging his favorite beer, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) enthusiasts are busy chatting away the day's experiences. This used to be the daily routine for the dozen or so pioneer Ugandan FOSS practitioners.
So passionate would the meetings be that at the end of each session, a spiritual renewal would be felt by all present--only this time it wouldn't the Holy Spirit but the FOSS Spirit. On one occasion, the gathering narrowly survived a bomb grenade that was hurled in the neighborhood.
Today, FOSS has made decent inroads into the educational, government, and corporate sectors of the Ugandan economy. Talking about Linux no longer elicits the "I don't know what you are saying" attitude. In most cases, you are usually faced with well-prepared scripts of why FOSS is not yet ready for use; a sign that knowledge about it is growing.
From February 25-27 2005, the East African Centre for Open Source Software (EACOSS) in conjunction with the Uganda Institute of Communication Technology and the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) ran the first-ever Open Source Software Weekend in Uganda..............
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