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Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software
Talkback Racism aside, by the time MS considers Africa ready for its product, the continent will be wall-to-wall Linux and when local computer users see MS ads, people will be asking "Why should I pay money for software that makes files incompatible with...
[October 20, 2005, 23:32]
Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software
Talkback Africa does not want Microsoft! They do put money into Africa, for training purposes. Trust it from a native. It is common knowledge that ours is the poorest continent. So why, then, do the richest corporations want to colonise it all over again?
[October 21, 2005, 13:38]
Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software
Talkback Africa does not need free software- AFRICA does not need free software. Africa, a continent ten times larger than China but inhabited by fewer people than China. Africa, where it is easier to catch AIDS than anywhere else and if you survive that...
[October 20, 2005, 9:50]
Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software
Talkback I'm a South African living and working in South Africa. What absolute nonsense. Cost of software is ALWAYS a factor. Microsoft either has their collective heads up their collective anuses, or they're deliberately FUDing.
[October 20, 2005, 9:16]
Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software
Talkback This should have been titled, 'Microsoft: We Promote Piracy in Africa". Look at the fact. They supply free software to schools and also train people to use their software. But surely they can't expect people who earn $160 per year to be able to...
[October 20, 2005, 8:12]
Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software
Talkback Africa certainly doesn't need Microsoft software. Microsoft is like a drug dealer. They start out by giving you the software and getting you trained to use their products. Once their software has infiltrated the schools they know they've captured...
[October 20, 2005, 18:24]
Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software
Talkback Microsft is terribly wrong fo thinking that Africa doesnot need free software
[October 22, 2005, 16:37]
Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software
Talkback Africa is vast. There are so many areas that are not that poor and backward to lack expertise. Even if it was so, they would have to start from somewhere. Aagh, what kinda empty headed people are at Microsoft?
[October 20, 2005, 12:22]
Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software
News Africa, Gerald Ilukwe, the general manager of Microsoft Nigeria, said that cost is not important, even though he admitted that the average annual salary in the West African country is only $160 (Ł91).
[October 17, 2005, 16:30]
Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software
Talkback I live in Africa,I've taught IT in Africa and I run a small IT company in Africa.You cannot teach computer skills if you can't afford the equipment you need to teach those skills. Bullshit! It's IMPOSSIBLE to teach anyone computer skills purely on...
[October 20, 2005, 11:47]
Intel Helps Foster Economic Growth Through the Introduction of eLearning Solutions in Schools Across Africa
White Papers This is a continent-wide project, which includes an eSchools initiative targeting 600,000 primary and secondary schools across Africa in ten years. In Lesotho, one of Africa's most disadvantaged countries, Intel is working with the Oracle NEPAD...
[May 17, 2007, 1:00]
South Africa embraces open source
News Joining a lengthening list of governments, South Africa has adopted an official policy promoting the use of open-source software -- but stopped short of jettisoning proprietary applications. The new policy by Africa's wealthiest nation expresses a...
[February 5, 2003, 10:10]
Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software
Talkback I am not against microsoft - I am just an African trying my best to get by - In Africa cost is the greatest factor - what is Microsoft sofware worth without training? Microsoft point of view carries no water - and shows how shallow minded they are...
[July 11, 2006, 19:15]
Computers to Africa Diary: Days Two and Three
Blog On Thursday, I am off to meet representatives of the Linux community in Kenya including the brilliantly titles Linux Chicks - an organisation promoting development of open source skills across Africa.
[September 11, 2007, 19:12]
Computers to Africa Diary: Day one
Blog Last week was the twentieth birthday of GSM but although mobile networks have been a relatively recent arrival to sub-Saharan Africa - they have developed in an unprecedented way. First day (Sunday) in Nairobi - arrived off the day flight from...
[September 9, 2007, 12:34]
Blair opens up Commission for Africa online
Talkback Africa-wide approach is too bland –the needs of Bangor (Wales) aren’t the same as Battersea let alone Brussels. Africa will still be left with orphans with no food and work. Normal voting within the Commission will be outweighed by the have...
[November 27, 2004, 12:14]
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Downloads Join Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo in the official mobile game of DreamWorks Animations Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa! Africa! Youll go wild over Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ?
[November 4, 2008, 6:00]
IBM pushes into Africa with Ubuntu alliance
News IBM and Canonical have released a software package for Linux netbooks and thin clients, in a bid to push IBM's office productivity suite in emerging markets such as Africa. The companies intend to find local business partners to distribute the...
[September 23, 2009, 16:52]
Google brings hosted apps to Africa
News He would not be drawn on whether the search company is investing in any infrastructure to improve internet access in Africa. We are searching for innovative solutions to infrastructure challenges in Rwanda and other parts of Africa — we have...
[March 22, 2007, 12:01]
Computers 4 Africa supports this initiative
Talkback Computers 4 Africa is pleased to be involved and supports this initiative A fund pays for one-for-one recycling of PCs at the end of their lives in Africa to international standards. Computers 4 Africa.org.uk
[September 7, 2007, 9:15]
