African Free Software Timeline

Tectonic (http://www.tectonic.co.za) is running an article to find the most important FOSS milestones from Africa. The completed timeline (http://www.tectonic.co.za/timeline.php) will be submitted to Linux Journal with the hope that some of these entries will eventually make it onto the global list.I have already submitted the two most important milestones regarding OpenLab (the formation of the company and the first public release) as well as the release of mcedit. One I am holding back on is the launch of the OpenBSD project by Theo De Raadt for although Theo is South African born, the project started only after he had been living in Canada for many years. It can therefore at best be considdered African Inspired (at least as much as Ubuntu anyway) – as it is certainly not African. I still want to post the formation of Obsidian Systems (http://www.obsidian.co.za)which as the first FOSS services company in South Africa (and probably Africa) laid so much of the groundwork which companies like mine would later build on. The current timeline is however still incomplete, so fellow old-timers and newbs with a love of history – help out please, let us get all our greatest achievements listed.