Jo Best

Jo Best

Jo Best has been covering IT for over a decade for publications including silicon.com, Guardian Government Computing, and ZDNet in both London and Sydney. As a freelance writer and full-time student, Jo has an interest in health, mobile, an…d emerging tech.

Jo Best has nothing to disclose but her love of vegan cake. She holds no shares and has no business relationships with any of the companies she writes about.

Latest from Jo Best

Microsoft working on XP for the $100 laptop

Microsoft is reportedly working on running a stripped down version of XP to run on the One Laptop Per Child Foundation's "$100 laptop".

October 25, 2007 by Jo Best in Open Source

Negroponte: OLPC will not shun Microsoft

While the news Microsoft is making progress on developing a version of Windows for the so-called $100 laptop has caused some consternation, the head of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation says the project could not promote openness if it shunned Microsoft.

October 28, 2007 by Jo Best in Open Source

Open source switch guide launched by EC

The European Community (EC) yesterday launched a new set of guidelines designed to help government IT managers decide whether to make the switch from proprietary to open source software and how to migrate their systems.

October 22, 2003 by Jo Best in Open Source

UK gives blessing to open source

The UK government published a report saying open-source software is now a genuine competitor to Microsoft

October 28, 2004 by Jo Best in Open Source

Latest from Jo Best

Microsoft working on XP for the $100 laptop

Negroponte: OLPC will not shun Microsoft

Open source switch guide launched by EC

UK gives blessing to open source

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