Open Source Debate at World Bank
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| Yesterday the World Bank webcast an event - Open Systems for
| e-Government in Developing & Transition Countries. Officials from
| countries including Azerbaijan, Moldova, Georgia, Kenya, Rwanda
| and Tanzania participated by video conference.
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http://jakaplan.blogspot.com/2007/05/open-source-debate-at-world-bank.html
There's a new Think Tank report on Open Source software:
http://thinktank.olliancegroup.com/ostt2007report.pdf
Related:
Cyberinfrastructure and the Public Interest
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| The fact that so many people are meeting in so many venues to
| discuss standards in non-technical contexts demonstrates the
| fact that something new and important is at work here. And the
| fact that many of these conferences are taking place in
| academic and government venues suggests that people are still
| trying to figure out what it's all about.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070430034335550
Governments Must Reject Gates' $3 Bid to Addict Next Billion PC Users
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| "Microsoft's strategy of getting developing nations hooked on its
| software was clearly outlined by Bill Gates almost a decade ago," said
| Con Zymaris, CEO of long-standing open source firm Cybersource.
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| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
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| "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
| people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
| As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
| They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
| collect sometime in the next decade."[1]
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html
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