Lead Story: Open Source in Education
The eighth IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2005, is to be held at the University of Stellenbosch from 4th to 7th July this year. It will explore the use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education and the Teaching of Informatics, provide an opportunity for participants to review progress since WCCE 2001, report on successful (and unsuccessful) ICT projects in Education,and predict trends for the future.
Big Gun: Richard Stallman
Richard M. Stallman is the founder of the GNU Project, launched in 1984 to develop the free software operating system GNU. The name ``GNU'' is a recursive acronym for ``GNU's Not Unix''. GNU is free software: everyone is free to copy it and redistribute it, as well as to make changes either large or small. Non-free software keeps users divided and helpless, forbidden to share it and unable to change it. A free operating system is essential for people to be able to use computers in freedom. Today, Linux-based variants of the GNU system, based on the kernel Linux developed by Linus Torvalds, are in widespread use. There are estimated to be some 20 million users of GNU/Linux systems today.
Doing it:Getting Help
Open Source Means Business: Pipeline Performance Technologies (Thin Client)
