Robert, Please see this response from the FOSSFA (Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa - www.fossfa.net ) Members list.
*Am glad you ask this question and like me, realized that there is something missing in the FOSS literature.* *This is what FOSSINA and the FOSSDeva survey ( http://servnet.ias.unu.edu/limesurvey/index.php?sid=86668&lang=en) is all about. Am currently struggling to draft the FOSSDeva preliminary report and hopefully it will give us better understanding of the African FOSS landscape, including adoption, usage and demographic trends, motivation or the lack of it thereof, skill development, education and business potentials, policy implications, etc...* *I will circulate the draft to this list for further comments and suggestions.* * * *For the meantime, i did be glad for all to help continue publicizing the survey so the we have some reasonable numbers to crunch and draw some empirically sound conclusions.* * * *May i add you to the list of people who would like to help review the FOSSDeva survey report?* * * *Sincere regards* The Author of this, Dr. Sulayman K. Sowe would be very happy to share his findings with you, as he did sometime back here. If you would consider joining FOSSFA, you would meet many other professionals across the continent who share your interest in FOSS across Africa. Write to [email protected] and you will get information on how to join FOSSFA. Brian On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Robert Muwanga <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, > I wanted to find out whether there is a reliable report (e.g. Gartner, > Forrester, IBM research, etc.) that gives a glimpse into Linux/UNIX > adoption in Africa over the past decade, particularly in East Africa and > moreso Uganda. Most of the time, you hear that the adoption is growing > (especially with tougher anti-piracy laws coming into place) but there is > no reliable report that I can find that can give a more accurate view on > this subject (rate of growth, distributions adopted, business acceptance, > etc.). > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- Love indeed conquers all..... Brian A. Ssennoga
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