Tectonic: Open Source Gives South African Farmers a Leg-Up

“EuroOSCON, the first European conference on open source took
place in Amsterdam last month. Though it was roughly a third
smaller than its North American counterpart, EuroOSCON attracted
the cream of open source advocates and practitioners both as
speakers and delegates.

“From the list of attendees, it was obvious that open source in
Europe is A Really Big Thing(TM)–several hundred delegates from
the UK and continental Europe converged on Amsterdam’s classiest
hotel to receive the wisdom there imparted. Nevertheless, it was
still a surprise to see that the Limpopo Provincial Government’s
department of agriculture had sent a representative to the
show…”

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