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Another Linux distro comes out of South Africa

July 13, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Kongoni, a Slackware based distro from South Africa announced their first stable release yesterday. Kongoni is the Shona word for the Gnu (also known as a ...
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Microsoft Misses the Point with ‘Free’ Software

November 6, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
BizSpark is a new initiative by Microsoft to give away it's products to young start-ups making less than 1million USD a year...
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Freeconomic Redux

October 24, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
In the post “Can Freeconomics Work in Africa” I debated whether or not ‘freeconomic’ business models could flourish in Africa as they have for some ...
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Can Freeconomics Work in African Markets? [Part 2]

September 15, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Giving away saddles to sell horses. This is the basic concept behind the ‘free’ business models that I discussed in Part 1. You ...
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Can Freeconomics Work in African Markets? [Part 1]

September 15, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
I’m a big fan of the work of WIRED Magazine founder and editor Chris Anderson. His most recent book talks about the new economics ...
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