Go Open Episode 01 - South Africa

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Go Open Episode 01 - South AfricaGo Open23 min 56 sec - Jan 27, 2007'Go Open' is a South African-created TV series that aired in late 2004, and is dedicated to open-source software. Created for a mainstream audience, the show features a hyperkinetic presenter and interviews and showcases from both the South African and world open-source/free software scene. As the official Go Open website explains: "The program will showcase success stories, interviews with the top local and international pioneers, and the latest products and news from the open source world." The creators of 'Go Open' (http://www.go-opensource.org/go_open/) have very kindly permitted the show to be shared freely with a Creative Commons license. [EPISODE 1] Lead Story: Hollywood The Linux Movies Group is an organization for the advancement and mutual support of motion picture technologists using the Linux operating system. Its the most popular operating system for animation and visual effects in the motion picture industry. Big Gun: Richard Stallman Richard Stallman is a notable programmer whose major accomplishments include GNU Emacs, the GNU C Compiler, and the GNU Debugger. GNU ? In 1985, he published the GNU Manifesto, which outlined his motivation for creating a free operating system called GNU, which would be compatible with Unix. Doing it:Firefox Mozilla Firefox. Its an Internet browser, so you use it to surf the net just like Internet Explorer, or Safari if you use the Macintosh operating system. But this one has loads of innovative features, its secure, its very fast, lightweight - and its available on Windows, Linux and the Mac operating system. Open Source Means Business: FOSS in retailers Pick and Pay is a successful case of a large South African company rolling out open source software. They are using it for quite large portion of their business, till points and office. Staff have a choice in the offices as to whether they use open source or Microsoft, as lo
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