Acacia Times Magazine Academic Year 2011-12 Issue 2
Inside Story International AIDS Day - P.2 Miss Africa Univeristy Peagent 2012 - P.3 SRC Election 2012 - P.3-4
AIESEC Career Fair - P.4 SAMA Awards - P.5 Z.U.S.A. Zonal Games - P.8
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Melissa Chivodze Campus Life Glory Mulimba Africa Focus Albert Wani Staff and Country profiles
Tendai Katsande Student Representative Council President
Chipo Okunrotifa Devotion Corner
Thank you very much!
Miriam Nyakudzuka E. Parirenyatwa Univeristy Events Ass. Designer and Sports
The Acacia Times is re-launching and re-branching on other units on this second year of its existence on the 20th Anniversary of the University. It provides an avenue for students to highlight the activities and raise the consents on campus. These are initiatives that really need to be supported from a student perspective. It also provides an avenue to communicate to a broader community on campus and to the broader Mutare society. I feel privileged to be given the opportunity to say few words. Whatever activities done on campus, by students are supported and backed because students are the most important stakeholders at the University. As long as we have innovative and creative students on campus, Africa University will be a much better place. Initiatives like the Acacia Times need to be objective in how they portray the students activities and promote them in a manner that can attract a lot of students, locals and internationals, to be participating in various aspects whether it is poetry, articles on political, social, economic and religious matters so that the magazine can actually be encompassing and addressing both local and international concerns. May the Lord continue to guide you with this project and assist you in your future endeavors.
Bitijula A. Christian Majok Majok Associate Editor General Editor and General Designer
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Tinashe Masawi Univeristy Events and Opinions
SRC
Nicola Matanga Campus Events and Students Profiles
Academic Year 2011-12 Issue 2
Writers in this issue: *Onwell Muzawazi - Final Year Student, Faculty of Education, Creative Writing Class *Lillian Achom - Final Year Student, Faculty of Managament and Administartion, Majoring in Computer Information Systems *Victoria Ncube - Second Year Student, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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University Events Academic Year 2011-12 Issue 2
HIV/Aids Week Commemoration STUDENT PROFILE Name: Siboninkosi Hove Age: 20 Gender: Female Nationality: Zimbabwean Year and programme: Second Year, Marketing
The Africa University community celebrated the HIV/AIDS week from Monday 26th to Saturday 31st March 2012. The entire day of Wednesday 28th March 2012 was dedicated for this commemoration, and different activities were organized. At 7.30am on Wednesday the march from the main gate to the Chapel set the ball rolling. Students and staff members participated in the march, holding banners and singing songs to commemorate the day. At the Chapel, a special service was organized for the commemoration. Poetry and drama were presented by students. A candles light ceremony and rose deposition ended the service as a sign of remembrance for the people who died of HIV/AIDS. A free HIV/AIDS testing campaign was launched on the day by the Africa University Clinic, and students gladly participated in the event. On Saturday, at the official closing ceremony an other march was done with the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Fanuel Tagwira part of the parade.
Hobbies: Modeling, Singing and Dancing. Achievements: Sub warden, Focus express leader, Miss AU (Second princess), Miss Earth Manicaland. Best moments: When we played spin the bottle in C15 1st year, 2nd semester. Most embarrassing moment: When my heel broke during the final rehearsal of Miss AU just before the pageant. What comes first family or friends? I love them all the same. What have you learnt at AU? Live life, live free. Be open and explore your options. Where do you see yourself in ten years? Wow (she sighs), obviously an estab•Area: 824,269 km2. lished entrepreneur in international •Population: 2 184 091 people (2011) trade and of course happily married •Capital of Namibia: with one child. Windhoek •Official Language: People say you are interesting. English What is your take on that? •Other Languages: Oshiwambo, Afrikaans, Really! I guess it’s because I am just a Nama, Damara, free spirit, daring, expressive, confident Otjiherero, German, Rukwangali, Setswana, and others. and I also laugh a lot even if there is •Major Ethnic Groups: Owambo, Kwangali, Damara, Herero, Nama, San, Afrikaner, German, nothing to laugh about (she laughs). and others. Advice to AU community Be enthusiastic about life but for a good Our country of the week is the Republic cause. Be where God wants you and of Namibia. It is a country in Southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic things will flow.
March in Commemoration of HIV/AIDS
Students presenting a drama
Candle light Ceremony
COUNTRY PROFILE - NAMIBIA
Written by Melissa Chivodze
Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Na-
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mibian War of Independence. South Africa occupied the German colony of Süd-West Afrika during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that was soon named Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Independence came in 1990. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. It is the first country in the world that has incorporated the protection of the environment into its constitution. Namibia is famous for having the longest canyon, the highest sand dunes and the oldest desert in the world, a fascinating country of contrasts.
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Miss Africa University Peagent, 2012 Acacia Times approached this year’s Miss Africa Univeristy organizers Fadzie Nhamoinesu, Letwin Fushai and Tawanda Timbe to have an inside look of this wonderful event. Miss AU 2012 was held at Queens Hall, Mutare on Saturday 17 March 2012.
From Left to Right: Fadzie Nhamoinesu, Tawanda Timbe and Letwin Fushai
What was your theme for the show this year? And if there was, what inspired you? Fadzie & Letwin - We had no theme for Miss AU, what inspired us were the shows we had attended and we wanted to have something different. The show this year was different in that we had the first international students being crowed Mr & Miss AU, we had interesting categories, we loved the Mine/cooperate which had both male & female models honoring Mbada diamonds the Chiadzwa and Old Skul taking it back to the 80s
Tawanda Timbe (male organizer) For the first time in 4years, there was a male modeling category. The modeling industry generally leans towards women but nowadays the ambiance is an issue of the past. As an institution AU would like to move forward with the times and deploy an articulate stature of modern works.. The audience was surprised about a male category, and indeed, the male contenders lived up to the high expectations of the crowd… What were the challenges you faced and how did that shape you? Fadzie & Letwin- We had a couple of challenges that we faced, we had some of the models dropping out and getting international students to model was a hustle for they believed it was a Zimbabwean show as the past three queens have been Zimbabwean. The resources were a bit limited such that we worked on a tight budget. But overally, we managed to excel, we learnt that as long as we are all working towards 1 goal, challenges become a stepping stone What was the most exciting part of the show for you and why? Fadzie & Letwin - The most exciting part of the show, was when we were watching the models do their routines
SRC Election 2012
On Tuesday 3 April 2012, the Africa University community moved in the ambiance of the Student Representative Council election. The all process of election started a week ago, when the people who judged themselves able to lead Student voting the student community submitted their candidature for diverse positions at the SRC. This year Electoral Committee instituted interviews to make sure that people running are actually able and eligible to be part of the SRC office...(cont. page 4)
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on stage, considering the models took what we had rehearsed, spiced it up, and it was superb. Unfortunately there was power outages at the venue. Apart from delaying the show, how did that make you feel? Fadzie & Letwin - Fortunately for us and the models, it was a blessing in disguise, we perfected our models backstage and they had time to cool their nerves and got some food to eat, so we did not panic. The SRC was handling the faults and was very supportive. What advice would you give to future organizers of the show? Fadzie & Letwin - To the future organizers we say, enjoy the time with the models, it’s a wonderful experience and like everyone says, ‘think out of the box and be very creative!’ It adds to the glamour of the beauty pageant, and for those who want to model, no matter where you come from, be a part of the pageant you never know when it is your time to shine. You have what it takes to be Miss AU. by Victoria Ncube
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SRC Election 2012 Not to fail to the Student Union tradition, a campaign night that regrouped all the students was organized in the S.U. building the night before the day of elections, on Monday 2 April 2012. On the day of election, the electoral process started at 8.00 hours when campaign managers of all the candidates running for SRC positions did their votes. The entire student community was eager to participate in this process. The event went well, apart from a case of fraud where one candidate, running for the post of Sport and Entertainment Secretary Position was disqualified after trying to cheat
President
John D. Adamu
Vice-President
Secretary General
Tania Lusakiovana
by voting in more than one voting ballot. The President of the Electoral Committee 2012, Mr. Freeman Bhoso Freeman said that elections are a democratic process and that anyone who would try to use malicious ways to get elected would be severely reprimanded. The process continued normally and at 16.30hrs the doors for election were closed. At around 20.45hrs the name of the candidates elected to represent the Student body for the Academic Year 2013-2014 were announced. Here are the names of the Student Representative Council Committee for the Academic Year 2013-2014:
Finance Secretary
Legal and Academic Affairs Secretary
Social Welfare
Sport and Entertainment
Fungurayi Kumbirai
Victor Kahudi
Ronnie Nubi
Ozzy T. Gombakomba
Africa University Electoral Committee ‘12 Masawi Tinashe
AISEC Career Fair
session at 1500 hours, with presentations from Telecel and Econet. The Regional Manager for Telecel, Mr. Nelson Chipangamate presented on how to write a Curriculum Vitae. As an individual who personally recruits employees, he gave a vivid insight on the requirements and structures of Resumés.
AIESEC Africa Univesity 2012
On Wednesday 21 March 2012, AIESEC Africa University hosted the annual Career Fair on campus. The Fair commenced at 0900 hours. Despite the dreary weather, the event began on a good note, with many students attending and supporting the stalls. Of the 23 companies which had confirmed their attendance, 11 arrived and set up their stalls. The Fair went on well and had a great impact on the students. Lunch was served in style to the companies, in addition to the braai and hot dogs prepared by the assisting club Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE). The event moved up to the Theology Main Lecture Theatre for an interactive
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Students at the Telecel stand
Mr. Chipangamate was followed by Mr. Masawu from Econet, who taught the attendees how to embrace technology as their ally in this evolving world of science. He spoke of using the opportunities of technology to our advantage, what with new job opportunities and fields of study. His presentation was inspiring and encouraging, leaving the students and fellow companies feeling more inspired about their abilities, which
is what Econet believes – “Inspired to change your world”. The question and answer session was most enlightening, having input from the various companies present. A light hearted photo session closed the Career fair, with the Metropolitan Bank representatives staying on until 2000 hours, registering students with Student Accounts. Though invited high schools and surrounding tertiary institutions cancelled or were absent from the Fair, it was a success and enjoyable event. Attendees walked away from the Fair with Telecel lines, caps, new student accounts at the Metropolitan Bank, registered for Ecocash and having had their Blood Pressure tested by MARS. AIESEC would like to thank the following companies for their role in making the Career Fair successful: African Distillers, Price Waterhouse Coopers, CIMAS, Econet, Telecel, ZB Bank, Trust Bank, MARS, Zimbabwe Insurance Brokers, MBCA and Metropolitan Bank. AIESEC would also like to thank SIFE for their active input in the Career Fair. We anticipate other successful Career Fairs in the years to come.
by Nicola Matanga
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Campus Life Academic Year 2011-12 Issue 2
STAFF PROFILE - OLBERT TADA to Africa University in 2008, he worked 4 years at Midland State University. His specialization is animal breeding and genetics conservation of populations of domestic animals. Currently is pursuing a PHD in South Africa in Conservation Animal Genetic Resources. He has a passion to enhance agriculture development at production. Apart from his academic life, Olbert Tada known as Coach “Coach Tada” loves playing Tada is a very unusual lecturer volleyball. He is one of the 21 as compared to most common qualified coaches in Zimbabwe. ones found at Africa UniverHe also coaches nationally. He sity who seem to be more into has achieved a lot in his sport academic activities. “Coach life, and won the silver medal Tada” is not only a a lecturer in at the FASU games in South the Faculty of Agriculture and Africa in 2006. He is an active Natural Resources in the Demember of the staff sports partment of Animal Production association and he likes to play but alsoo a qualified volleyball soccer too. Tada likes watching coach of national standard. DSTv(not TV); He is a Liverpool He did his undergraduate and and Real Madrid supporter. Master studies at the University of Zimbabwe. Before coming by Christian Bitijula
10 Interesting Facts about Dreams 1. You Forget 90% of Your Dreams Within 5 minutes of waking half of your dream is forgotten. Within 10, 90% is gone. 2. Blind People also Dream People who became blind after birth can see images in their dreams. People who are born blind do not see any images, but have dreams equally vivid involving their other senses of sound, smell, touch and emotion. 3. Everybody Dreams Every human being dreams (except in cases of extreme psychological disorder). If you think you are not dreaming – you just forget your dreams. 4. In Our Dreams We Only See Faces That We already Know Our mind is not inventing faces – in our dreams we see real faces of real people that we have seen during our life but may not know or remember. 5. Not Everybody Dreams in Color A full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white. 6. Dreams are Symbolic If you dream about some particular subject it is not often that the dream is about that. Dreams speak in a deeply symbolic language. Whatever symbol your dream picks on it is most unlikely to be a symbol for itself. 7. Emotions The most common emotion experienced in dreams is anxiety. Negative emotions are more common than positive ones. 8. You can have four to seven dreams in one night. On average you can dream anywhere from one or two hours every night. 9. Animals Dream Too Studies have been done on many different animals, and they all show the same brain waves during dreaming sleep as humans. 10. Men and Women Dream Differently Men tend to dream more about other men. Around 70% of the characters in a man’s dream are other men. On the other hand, a woman’s dream contains almost an equal number of men and women. Lina. www.boredpanda.com
SAMA Awards 2012 The annual Student Ambassadors Merits Awards were held on Saturday 10 March 2012 at the Courtauld Theatre in Mutare. This was a successful shift from the usual venue of the Main Lecture Theatre at the university campus, as there was enough space for the eager crowd and organizers. The set up of the theatre proved perfect for such an event and the arrangements were well done.
Students celebrating an award
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During the event, there was hubbub of entertained spectators which was dismissed by an unruly fight between two males. This fight was successfully quelled by the police there present, proving to be worthy assets. Presenters Student Ambassadors 2012 were relatively well organized, However, the issue of transthough a few were not preport for students from the sent. The MCs did a great job, campus to the Theatre being scooping the vote of thanks delayed, resulted in an overall and dismissing the crowd a delay of the event. Having little early. Regardless, the being scheduled to begin at event was wrapped up well, 1900hours, the event began having experienced the spotafter the second bus load of light of the red carpet and the spectators and nominees at overwhelming excitement of 2030 hours. Nevertheless, the the crowd. Congratulations to programme flowed smoothly the Student Ambassadors who and all was concluded at 2300 pulled off an amazing event, hours, with the ambassadors topped off by a commendable staying behind briefly to clean after party. up. by Nicola Matanga
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Picnic in Commemoration of the Intenational Women’s Day Congo (Kinshasa): Democracy Still Deferred African and world leaders have celebrated the democratic election in Senegal this month, and moved quickly to condemn the coup in Mali, urging a return to democratic rule. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), however, there is hardly any international attention to the post-election crisis following last November’s election. This despite the prominent role of the United Nations and “donor” countries in sustaining the government of this strategically located country, the largest by area in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mali rebels ‘take over Timbuktu’
stand and take action so that they can be able to help the rural area women not to look down upon themselves and contribute importantly to the society. She invited all men to be supportive to women. Important contributions were made after the wonderful presentation, and soon after women were told to relate what they learned from the presentation. Left to right: Mrs. Suzanne Bondo and Glory Mulimba Games and a braai were organized after On the occasion of the international the seminar. At the end of the picnic the women’s day 2012, the Congolese commu- President of the Congolese Community at nity organized a Picnic in honor of all the Africa University, Glory Mulimba thanked women and girls of the community on the all the members who were present to 17th of March at La Rochelle. celebrate this memorable day. He exhorted the women to be represented in the leadA seminar with the International Women’s ership positions of the community during Day theme, “Empowering rural area the community elections organized in midwomen and Ending Poverty and Hunger”, April of this year. by Glory Mulimba was organized. Mrs. Suzanne Bondo, one of the women of the community, did a presentation on the theme. She encouraged women, especially the educated, to
Parable For Regaining Perspective
Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali say they have seized the historic town of Timbuktu, taking effective control of the entire north of the country
Senegal opposition celebrates election win
Victory celebrations in Dakar as Macky Sall heads to landslide win over longtime incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade.
If you are like me, sometimes I am so busy trying to catch up, stay even, or take the lead that I lose perspective. When things are going well, I am on top of the world. Yet then when bad luck hits or I see others achieving things I wish I could, I get down on myself. It’s at times like these that I refer back to parables from different cultures that have help me better keep my perspective. I’d Rather Be a Happy Turtle (Chinese) Zhuang Zi was a brilliant philosopher and strategist who lived in ancient China. His abilities were many and several rulers sought his services. One of them, King Wei, sent his courtiers out to Zhuang Zi’s pastoral home to invite him to come to Wei’s court and be the leader’s chief counselor. They found him there fishing by the river bank. Seeing his poor situation, they thought Zhuang Zi would jump at the chance for status and reward. Yet when they made their proposal to him, he said, “Once upon a time there was a sacred turtle, which was happy living his life in the mud. Yet, because he was sacred, the king’s men found him, took him to the royal palace, killed him and used his shell to foresee the future. Now tell me, would that turtle prefer to have given up his life to be honored at the palace, or would he rather be alive and enjoying himself in the mud?” The courtiers responded that, of course, the turtle would be happier in the mud. To which Zhuang Zi replied, “And so you have my answer. Go home and let me be a happy turtle here in the mud.” The lesson I take from this parable is that we are often easily bewitched by advancement, fame, and reward. And we are so seduced by it that we trade our most precious resource, time, to get it. And many times, looking back, we are unhappy with the trade-off. So before I take on more, I try and think about if I’d be happier with “fame” or woud I have more fun enjoying my time “in the mud”. Mark McNeilly. Fastcompany.com
by Glory Mulimba
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Best Dresses of the Week-End Names of the models
Chenai (left) and Natasha (Right)
Description of the dresses
Chenai was dressed in a black and white dress which made her look funky and trendy. Natasha had a wonderful blue dress on. That looked very classy. In addition, the blue dress was topped off with a cream belt which made it look sophisticated with an edge. Seeing these ladies posing together during SAMA Awards 2012 made my day!!!
Our Acacia Innovator is called Tatenda Kangwende, a final year student in the Faculty of Management and Administration, majoring in Computer and Information Systems. Known also by his pen-name or nom de plume, Henry Omara, Tendayi Kangwende has impressed the Africa University community on the 29th February 2012, when he launched his first book on campus, “Yes You Can!” He describes his book as a piece that may help the reader build and acquire more successful life experience.
AT: Why “Yes You Can”? TK: Well… I think… I just find it encouraging, uplifting just to see people succeed. I am just happy to see people succeed. I just thought that this book would be what I would articulate in writing to encourage someone to achieve their potential because I just like to see people self-transcend and just being all that they can be. AT: How can a CIS major turn to be a writer? TK: Hmm… (laugh). That’s a very good question. Maybe I did not quite find the right fit. So, probably after I graduate, if I do, I will just analyze the strength and weaknesses and then just see where I really fit. Maybe for this degree I didn’t use the tense and skills which I have, so probably after I graduate I will just need to do some source searching and see where exactly my skills and fate lie. That is probably the explanation for that paradox… (laugh) AT: We heard that you launched your book. How did it go? Did people actually buy your book? What is their feedback? TK: The book launch went well; it was about three weeks ago on 29th February and on 2nd March. A lot of people expressed
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“Love killed me” I am nothing but a moving grave, A shadow of my former self; All because of love. Because you were so special to me I gave you my life, Love is magical I used to believe, when I was with you. But now I know, love is nothing but an invisible weapon You give someone to obliterate you. Pain is my everyday companion As I excruciatingly wait upon that day. I gave you my heart, I gave you my love, I gave you my trust, As if not enough I gave you the fountain of my love And you gave me nothing but AIDS. by Onwell Muzawazi
interest, a lot of people passed complements. About three books were sold… (laugh) But of course that is better than nothing! I did get feedback. I did receive some very useful suggestions where people were saying that perhaps the book should be converted into an audio book; some people were talking about translating it. In general there were some very good ideas which were passed and I will try and work on those ideas when I have time to myself. The book is available on amazon.com and on amazon.co.uk as a kind of e-book. By just typing Tatenda Kangwende you will find the book which goes for about 2£ or 5$ respectively. We are just trying to find more avenues of trying to sell the book. The book launch was very memorable I enjoyed it and got a lot of feedback. If I have the time I will repeat it again. AT: For some writers, they write about their lives. What could we say about you and “Yes You can”? Is it your personal life experience or it is something you aim to become? TK: Hopefully, I would like to have been saying that I lived up to the ideas that have been past on the book. But generally, the book is just myself stealing from different sources from people, one or two personal experiences just to purchase to try to motivate people. So, it is not really anything personal but just some ideas just to equip someone to help motivate them and get them to the path of success and significance. So I am also still trying to practice and apply the principles and hopefully we can do this journey together as we go from strength to strength watching our potentials grow and glorifying God in the process. AT: How can you recommend your book to the people who haven’t yet read your book? TK: I just encourage you to pass by. My room number is I 15. You can come and borrow a copy. But if you want to buy it, I believe in value for money. I believe the book has a value which can add to your life. I think it is a fair position of value for money. So if you haven’t read the book I just encourage you to get the book I am sure it will really equip you go forward in life. Feel free to pass your comments, I am always here to learn and improve; that is a daily process in life. by Christian Bitijula
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Sports Academic Year 2011-12 Issue 2
Scores ZUSA
The Zimbabwe University Sports Association (Z.U.S.A.) zonal games were held on the 31st of March to the 1st of April 2012 at the University of Zimbabwe. Africa University sent athletes to participate in different disciplines. A total of 101 athletes represented the university in Basketball, Cricket, chess, Darts, Lawn tennis, table tennis, rugby, and volleyball. The university had this year much better results with almost all the disciplines qualified for the next round of the competition. From all the teams that represented valiantly the University, the Men Basketball Team impressed the public by not only snatching a second position synonymous to a qualification to the next stage of the competition but
Men Basket Team
Z.U.S.A. Zonal Games
also by showcasing a game playing style of “professional level”. Congratulations to the table tennis men, rugby, cricket and darts women who came up first in their disciplines. Disappointment came from the soccer men, Volleyball ladies and Chess who were knocked off at the first round of the competition. We hope that the teams that qualified to represent the University at the in Bulawayo are going to bring national trophies to the University, and why not a continental ones!
by Christian Bitijula
Below are the results of the teams that represented Africa University for the zonal games: Table tennis men Rugby Cricket Darts women Tennis Men Tennis Women Basket ball men Basketball women Darts Men Volleyball Men
Pos Pos Pos Pos Pos Pos Pos Pos Pos Pos
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3
Soccer, Chess, and Volleyball Ladies were knocked off in the first round. ZUSA nationals games will be on from the 19th to the 22nd of April 2012 at NUST.
COMPUTER TIPS *What is Proprietary software? What is Free Open Source Software (FOSS)? Proprietary Software Proprietary software is software that someone owns the rights to the program, and the owner expects users to buy their own copies. Microsoft Office, Microsoft Operating Systems (Windows Vista, Windows XP), Photoshop are typical examples. If you want to acquire this software for any use e.g to produce graphics, you must purchase a registered copy. In buying the software, you pay not to own it, but to acquire a license that makes you an authorized user. Organizations such as businesses and schools, which may need software for use by several people, generally acquire site licenses that allow access by multiple users. Our own example in this case is Kaspersky anti-virus that the University spends thousands of USDs every year to purchase it for both staff and students to use. (FOSS) Free (‘Free’ in this context refers to ‘freedom’ ) and Open Source Software or (FLOSS) Free/Libre/Open Source Software is software that is released under licenses that ensure that end users always have the freedom to use, study, change, and improve its design and adapt it to their needs through the availability of its source code. http://freeopensourcesoftware.org/ *Did you know that you could easily and legally download, customize and use “free” software for your business without any worries of expiry, renewals and spending lots of time designing your business system from scratch? Yes this is possible with FOSS!! This can be very useful for students, researchers, business men and teachers, scientists wanting to use legal software that is appropriate to their needs and fits within their modest budgets since it is usually available at no cost and easily obtained as a download from the internet. *Let’s take a look at a typical applicable example; You are a business man and you would definitely want to easily record your financial expenses, sales, etc. FOSS provides you with free software to record your business expenses accurately. You can freely download, install, study, customize to your needs and use this software. An example of such an accounting package is xTuple PostBooks: a full-featured, fully-integrated Accounting, ERP, and CRM system which provides the ultimate in power and flexibility for a range of businesses and industries of any size. xTuple PostBooks includes the following among other capabilities: Accounting (general ledger, accounts receivable and payable, bank reconciliation, financial reporting). Sales (quotes, order entry, sales reporting, shipping). http://www.xtuple.com/postbooks. So, are you a business man, are you thinking of becoming one someday, or are you working for an organization which is still manually recording your financial data and archiving them somewhere? If yes, this is your time to think about taking advantage of these free software and maximizing it’s utility. by Lillian Achom
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