OpenCafé

Hi guys, Cristiaan from the local Herald has written a very informative article about the cafe and open source software in general. Click here to have a look!

We have attended the gala dinner that was organized for all the finalists of this competition. We entered in the “Economic : ICT” category - and finished as one of the finalists - which is great - this is the first time we have entered a competition since our launch in October 2004 - and it is good to know that people already recognise the cafe’s work.

AJ says : “I believe that if you can help a neighbour in need, you are morally bound to do so. With software ‘can’ is never a question. It doesn’t cost you anything to make a copy, and send it to him - and you still have it. So you are morally bound to do so. In the post-scarcity world, charity becomes costless - so proprietory software twisted some laws completely beyond their intended purpose to create an artificial scarcity where none should exist.
They illegalized charity.
They made it criminal to be a good person.” click here to read on….

We definitely had a great time on Saturday and did have very interesting discussions - click here to jump over to the Centauri site for an in-depth look at our SFD celebrations:-)

We had lots of fun on Saturday - it was definitely worth all the effort!
Click here to see all the photos!