Using Linux, Interpharm Data Systems processes claims for half of the country's medical providers and pharmacies. The company handles about one million transactions a month, valued at R200 million. This is one of the successful "business-ready" Linux installations that is being highlighted on a new website (Linux.co.za) launched last week to promote Linux and open source software...

...Last month, Translate.org.za released versions of OpenOffice, an increasingly popular alternative to Microsoft's Office, in Zulu, Northern Sotho and Afrikaans.

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