'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. It’s 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. It’s 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, it’s secure, it’s very fast, lightweight - and it’s 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 long as there is productivity, the choice is essentially theirs.
What is hot: QuakeOS
In 1997, the computer gaming company id Software released a ground-breaking first-person shooter game called QUAKE II. It went on to sell over a million copies and was voted Game of the Year. In December 2001, id Software generously made the QUAKE II 3-D engine available to the public under the GNU General Public Licence (“GPL”).'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 a...all »'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. It’s 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. It’s 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, it’s secure, it’s very fast, lightweight - and it’s 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 long as there is productivity, the choice is essentially theirs.
What is hot: QuakeOS
In 1997, the computer gaming company id Software released a ground-breaking first-person shooter game called QUAKE II. It went on to sell over a million copies and was voted Game of the Year. In December 2001, id Software generously made the QUAKE II 3-D engine available to the public under the GNU General Public Licence (“GPL”).«
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