So I call myself an open source enthusiast or supporter and often it can be hard to make the next person understand why [I bother]. I hope this will make a compelling case as to why we (myself included) should take open source or Free Open Source Software (FOSS) or Free Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) seriously [I mean even more seriously] in South Africa.
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Survey: Government and ICT innovation through Open Source
I have been thinking about this for a while and would like to hear what others out there feel. Can and should government, through innovation, agencies leverage off open source? Particularly ICT innovation agencies but perhaps not limited to them. So if you could answer these 5 quick questions to kick off the debate I would appreciate it. Link to the survey -> Click here to take survey if you haven't done so yet.
Why your staff directory is not enough!
You might be thinking, my company’s intranet has a staff directory that is up to date with telephone numbers so it is enough. Right? Well you are wrong!
What if I told that you could get more value out of your staff directory? It is common knowledge that there is even more value in information from drawing relationships after all.
Corporate Intranet- What’s wrong with this picture?
So ever thought to yourself, why can’t I just search for documents, see what comes up and decide if it’s relevant? How about searching for solutions from a knowledgebase? If I could just be able to correct that solution, it doesn’t apply anymore. How about those Frequently Asked Questions, which are anything but, frequent. I mean frequency is an evolutionary thing after all, right?
If you have ever done customer support you will know that new questions come up all the time. It’s all about emergence.
