Thursday, September 15, 2005
www.businessinafrica.net | features | technology and telecoms African software gains global popularity:
"Gary Wilson - Published: 12-SEP-05
New York - A decade ago, Ubuntu was a word that shook apartheid South Africa. Today, it is a word that may be keeping Bill Gates awake at night.
Ubuntu is an African word that is one of the founding principles of the new South Africa, and it also is the name of a new computer operating system developed by South African Mark Shuttleworth and his company Canonical.
The word 'Ubuntu is very difficult to render into a Western language', writes Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 'No Future Without Forgiveness'. It means 'you are generous, you are hospitable, you are friendly and caring and compassionate. You share what you have'.
Ubuntu Linux calls itself the 'Linux for human beings'. In less than six months from its introduction in October 2004, Ubuntu Linux became the most popular Linux desktop distribution in the United States.
In July, PC World magazine named Ubuntu Linux one of its '100 Best Products of 2005'. And it has won numerous other awards. A special version was developed by Hewlett-Packard for its laptop computers that are sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa..."
"Gary Wilson - Published: 12-SEP-05
New York - A decade ago, Ubuntu was a word that shook apartheid South Africa. Today, it is a word that may be keeping Bill Gates awake at night.
Ubuntu is an African word that is one of the founding principles of the new South Africa, and it also is the name of a new computer operating system developed by South African Mark Shuttleworth and his company Canonical.
The word 'Ubuntu is very difficult to render into a Western language', writes Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 'No Future Without Forgiveness'. It means 'you are generous, you are hospitable, you are friendly and caring and compassionate. You share what you have'.
Ubuntu Linux calls itself the 'Linux for human beings'. In less than six months from its introduction in October 2004, Ubuntu Linux became the most popular Linux desktop distribution in the United States.
In July, PC World magazine named Ubuntu Linux one of its '100 Best Products of 2005'. And it has won numerous other awards. A special version was developed by Hewlett-Packard for its laptop computers that are sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa..."
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