Critics don't like Microsoft gift
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A controversial new partnership between the South African government and the world’s leading software company, Microsoft, is at the centre of a heated debate about the best way to roll out IT access to poor communities.
The memorandum of understanding signed by the Department of Communications parastatal the Universal Services Agency (USA) and Microsoft aims to roll out free Microsoft software and training to telecentres in all 284 municipalities over three years.
However, critics claim that the agreement contradicts the Cabinet-level open-source strategy that was approved in June 2003.
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