Open source's local heroes.
Open-source software has particular appeal in developing countries. In China, South Korea, India, Brazil and other countries, governments are promoting the use of such software which, unlike the proprietary kind, allows users to inspect, modify and freely redistribute its underlying programming inst...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 369; no. 8353; pp. 3 - 5 |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
12/6/2003
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