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Open source helps education effort in Third World (Mercury News)
Here's a Dan
Gillmor column on the use of free software in the developing world.
"Around the globe, educators, companies and governments are getting
tired of paying the Microsoft tax, which tends to rise inexorably, and
sending the money to America. They don't like the upgrade cycle, especially
when older computers run Linux just fine. They want to inspire more
software innovation at home, and suspect Linux may be the best platform in
a world where Microsoft also takes most of the profits in Windows
application software."
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Good to see this in a non-tech publication Posted Sep 16, 2003 10:04 UTC (Tue) by leonbrooks (guest, #1494) [Link] This news is not so fresh, but it's very important to see it turn up in a mainstreamishpublication. Round of applause, Mercury News)
Open source helps education effort in Third World (Mercury News) Posted Sep 16, 2003 20:59 UTC (Tue) by edgewood (subscriber, #1123) [Link] open source software -- sometimes called ``free software'' Ouch. Don't tell RMS!
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