Vendors of instructional and learning management software in the international market might want to take note of the line of reasoning in this article: "A sustained Rand slide will make licenses on imported software (not to mention other imports) prohibitively expensive. Whether or not the Rand enjoys an upswing in future, it makes sense to minimise risk through avoidance, where possible, of dollar-based software license fees and through vigorous encouragement and support of local software development efforts." As a consequence, the article urges, the South African government ought to make open standards "a non-negotiable base for ICT in the Public Sector" and to use open source software wherever possible.
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