The company makes software available to all 26 000 schools in the country, at a cost of R750 million.
Microsoft releases thousands of pages of documentation in the name of interoperability and says SA will benefit.
In this World Wide Wrap: Sandcastle goes open source, Open source phone released, and Netgear reveals router.
In this World Wide Wrap: SAS shows top growth, SAP hires new staff, and IBM releases BI for Linux.
Open source tools can aid greatly in simplifying network security and management.
Businesses could attract more customers if they communicate in multiple languages, says Translate.org.za.
In this World Wide Wrap: Lack of governance not addressed, WSO2 releases new version, and Data Domain targets archiving.
In this World Wide Wrap: Sun's McNealy lays claim to open source, IT leaders urged to contribute code, and HP slaps licence on Unix File System.
Digital Archiving Systems invests in an imaging bureau in Luanda.
The operating system that powers 60% of the world's mobile phones will be open source within the next two years.
In this World Wide Wrap: Mobile networking aids law enforcement, Systec releases open source POWERLINK, and ZTE leads ON sales.
PlateSpin PowerConvert 7.0 has new backup and recovery features and expanded multi-platform support.