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[News] Open Source Has a Lingual Advantage Over Proprietary Software

OSS apps keep up to date in SA's 11 languages

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| In celebration of International Mother Tongue Language Day on
| February 21 Translate.org.za has relaunched updated versions
| of all their mother tongue software in all 11 of South
| Africa's languages.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1375

South Africa's embrace of Open Source couldn't come at a better time. People
have used Cuba's migration to draw political associations.

Also today:

OpenOffice.org, the Free Competitor to Microsoft Office, Celebrates
International Mother Language Day

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| The OpenOffice.org Community are proud of their work to support
| digitally endangered languages. With the help mostly of local
| volunteers, the OpenOffice.org Native Language Confederation
| have provided translations and support for the OpenOffice.org
| office software in over eighty languages. Since the last
| International Mother Language Day alone, eleven new projects
| have started.
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http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/2/emw506529.htm


Yesterday:

Government switches to Open Source

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| Cape Town - Cabinet has approved a policy and strategy to implement
| Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in government, government
| communications head Themba Maseko said on Thursday.
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http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2888&iArticleId=3695987
http://tinyurl.com/2c8lbz

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