But perhaps we`re exaggerating the problem. The Homecoming Revolutionappears to have done good work in persuading South Africans to return, some after a decade of work elsewhere. Pockets of people I know or know of in the UK seem ready to corroborate that there`s a lot of "considering coming home" going on. Well, that`s something.
In another development, Dave Gale, business development director of Storm, the telecoms provider, would have us know that "the penguins are coming". He`s on about open source software (OSS) in IP telephony. Storm is piloting an Asterisk OSS box alongside another PBX, and working on an interconnection spec. And they`re not alone. It`s definitely an area to watch very closely.
And while we`re on the subject of open source, have a look at our treatment of Microsoft`s relaxed `shared source` licensing. Obsidian Systems takes it as another sign of the penguin among the pigeons, saying Microsoft has finally "woken up" to the benefits of the OSS model.
And while it may be too early to predict the birth of Winux, or an industry-wide hybridisation of OSS and proprietary routes to market, the fact that the camps are giving each other the time of day is nevertheless a poignant thing.
Oh, who am I kidding. The dawn of universal understanding and world peace is a long way off, as a friend once remarked.
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