Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:03:35 -0200 From: Pgold <pgoldone@gmail.com> To: "Olivier Nicole" <on@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open Source and 3rd world countries Message-ID: <96341e070603091803l111d1b10ie16d5ddc50aca89@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200603100137.k2A1bpN0021581@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060308211347.02261468@broadpark.no> <200603100137.k2A1bpN0021581@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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Sorry Nicole, but here in Brazil our government does not use pirated software, and yes, they're changing to Open Source. Well, sadly home users still use pirated software(windows). But I guess this may be coming to an end, or not expanding, since the new "cheap" computer for the poor people comes with Free Software. On 3/9/06, Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> wrote: > > I'm writing this thesis on the benefits of integrating > > open source software into third world countries to boost > > their economies and the knowledge of their people. > > Certainly not the answer you are expecting, but I am afraid it is the > reality, developping countries do not really care about open source. > > They just use pirated software (windows) because it takes less time to > start-up, because it cames with better internationalization... > > Time comes when they reach the limits of using pirated software and > turning to open source is a solution, but that needs a certain level > of development. > > Olivier > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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