Patents ‘hold us back', May 20, 2005

Hall says there are a number of advantages to be gained by organisations choosing the open source software route. Longevity is an important aspect, because even the biggest companies fall by the wayside, or merge with another company, he notes.

Novell has been named as the South African Receiver of Revenue's open source solution provider.

Open source is a viable and cost-effective option for business, and mass adoption will occur, delegates at the second Open Source Software Africa Conference were told yesterday.

Open source programmer at the Shuttleworth foundation Thomas Black says open source software (OSS) is ready for mainstream business. “OSS adoption is going to happen; we are just here to speed up the process.”