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InfoWorld: African Open Source Projects Gather Steam

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 4, 2004

“South African developers have made headway on a number of
open-source projects, including an upgrade to a new version of
Linux.

“Developers in South Africa have installed the firewall
component of the next version of a variant of Linux, called Impi 2,
in a high-profile installation within the country, as the beta
testing cycle for the software gets under way, according to the
head of the project, Ross Addis…”

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Web Webster

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