BILLIONAIRE Mark Shuttleworth has pledged R4m to promote the use of open-source software in SA as a cheaper alternative to the costly big-name brands.His donation is being matched by R4m from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and R4m from Hewlett-Packard over the next two years.
Another R6m will be donated by the Shuttleworth Foundation, the organisation he founded, to promote open-source software.
That gives the Go Open Source campaign a two-year budget of R18m.
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