Legislators have drafted a bill that will boost Free Software on multiple levels within the Russian Federation’s public sector. The draft, approved by the Russian Federation’s Duma (lower chamber) in mid-October, requires the public sector to prioritise Free Software over proprietary alternatives, gives precedence to local IT businesses that offer Free Software for public tenders,… Read More »
The main feature that distinguishes free from non-free software is not price, but freedom. So even if you are not paying for a particular software it doesn’t mean that it is free software. To clarify this issue let get some definitions going… Proprietary (Non-Free) Software A proprietary software is… Read More »
It is no longer news that Linux is not a popular operating system (OS) in Nigeria – at least to me – especially going by the data provided by the Statcounter website on computer OS usage in the country as at June. There wasn’t even a tab for Linux on the graph! Damn. I have… Read More »
What is FOSS? Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has become a household name in the world of technology. Moving from the edge to take its place in the front burner of not just how technology (software and hardware) are made but how government, health systems, education, businesses are designed and run. With its own… Read More »
