South Africa: Sita Issues Open-Source Software Tender

Johannesburg — THE largest tender yet issued for open-source software has been released by the State Information Technology Agency (Sita), formalising its plans to switch from brand-name packages to the free-to-use alternatives.

Sita is offering three-year deals to supply software and technical support so that many of government's estimated 300000 PCs can migrate to open source.

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