South African Minister Locks Horns With Microsoft 2008-03-25 16:22
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on Tuesday March 25, @04:22PM
from the speaking-truth-to-monoploy dept.
from the speaking-truth-to-monoploy dept.
naheiw writes "The South African minister of public service and administration on Monday addressed the opening of the Idlelo 3 free software conference in Dakar, Senegal, saying that software patents posed a considerable threat to the growth of the African software sector (video). Microsoft responded aggressively, saying that 'there is no such thing as free software. Nobody develops software for charity.'"
