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ITWeb: Critics cautious on Microsoft software donation |
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Thursday, 14 February 2002 |
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The response in Parliament to last week's announcement that Microsoft plans to supply free software to schools throughout SA shows government's lack of understanding of the future of software, says Dwayne Bailey, director of Translate.org.za. Translate.org.za is a local organisation dedicated to translating open source software into indigenous languages. Bailey says that by only teaching pupils to use Microsoft products, the country will "not prepare our learners for the future," a future he sees built around open source software. http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/computing/2002/0202141202.asp?S=Computing&A=COM&O=E
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