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 <font color="red"><big><u>'''Most importantly the repository has to make the research available for future researchers as well and therefore the contents and the system used to store the contents must be sustainable into the far future, a future where Microsoft, Oracle and other proprietary system providers may not exist.'''</u></big></font>
-With this in mind as a selection criteria, [http://www.dspace.org/ DSpace] on top of an [http://www.ubuntu.com/business/server/overview Ubuntu server] was used for the following reasoning:
+With this in mind as a selection criteria, [http://www.dspace.org/ DSpace] on top of an [http://www.ubuntu.com/server Ubuntu server] was used for the following reasoning:
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 *'''It is not a good idea to use to use the latest LTS release of Ubuntu, if you do not have access to an expert Ubuntu [[Linux|linux]] system administrator.<br>For example: If you install using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, then wait until the second point release of the next LTS version before considering upgrading.'''
-*'''If you are considering using Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), then remember Redhat is commercial and if they fail then so does your support. Whereas Ubuntu can be supported by Canonical commercially and freely by the Debian and Ubuntu linux community for very long time. So, long term support for Ubuntu/Debian is much more sustainable. See: http://community.ubuntu.com'''
+*'''If you are considering using Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), then remember Redhat is commercial and if they fail then so does your support. Whereas Ubuntu can be supported by Canonical commercially and freely by the Debian and Ubuntu linux community for a very long time. So, long term support for Ubuntu/Debian is much more sustainable. See: http://community.ubuntu.com'''
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 *'''It is not a good idea to use to use the latest LTS release of Ubuntu, if you do not have access to an expert Ubuntu [[Linux|linux]] system administrator.<br>For example: If you install using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, then wait until the second point release of the next LTS version before considering upgrading.'''
-*'''If you are considering using Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), then remember Redhat is commercial and if they fail then so does your support. Whereas Ubuntu can be supported by Canonical commercially and by the Debian and Ubuntu linux community. So, long term support for Ubuntu/Debian is much more sustainable. See: http://community.ubuntu.com'''
+*'''If you are considering using Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), then remember Redhat is commercial and if they fail then so does your support. Whereas Ubuntu can be supported by Canonical commercially and freely by the Debian and Ubuntu linux community for very long time. So, long term support for Ubuntu/Debian is much more sustainable. See: http://community.ubuntu.com'''
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 In order to make the research outputs of Stellenbosch University available, the library decided develop an open access research repository service.
-<font color="red"><big><u>'''Most importantly the repository has to make the research available for future researchers as well and therefore the contents and the system used to store the contents must be sustainable into the far future, a future where Microsoft etc may not exist.'''</u></big></font>
+<font color="red"><big><u>'''Most importantly the repository has to make the research available for future researchers as well and therefore the contents and the system used to store the contents must be sustainable into the far future, a future where Microsoft, Oracle and other proprietary system providers may not exist.'''</u></big></font>
 With this in mind as a selection criteria, [http://www.dspace.org/ DSpace] on top of an [http://www.ubuntu.com/business/server/overview Ubuntu server] was used for the following reasoning:

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 In order to make the research outputs of Stellenbosch University available, the library decided develop an open access research repository service.
-<font color="red"><big><u>'''Most importantly the repository has to make the research available for future researchers as well and therefore the contents and the system used to store the contents must be sustainable into the far future.'''</u></big></font>
+<font color="red"><big><u>'''Most importantly the repository has to make the research available for future researchers as well and therefore the contents and the system used to store the contents must be sustainable into the far future, a future where Microsoft etc may not exist.'''</u></big></font>
 With this in mind as a selection criteria, [http://www.dspace.org/ DSpace] on top of an [http://www.ubuntu.com/business/server/overview Ubuntu server] was used for the following reasoning: