Open-source software: Microsoft at the power point.
Across the world, governments are switching to open-source software, which, unlike proprietary software, permits users to inspect, modify, and freely redistribute its underlying programming instructions. Many national and state governments have devised legislation calling for open-source software t...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 368; pp. 59 - 60 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
September 13 2003
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