Breaking Barriers: The Potential of Free and Open Source Software for Sustainable Human Development

Submitted by BigBirdy on Fri, 2007-06-22 15:24. ::

"The benefits offered by FOSS have been particularly useful for poor developing countries around the world. In particular, the ability to obtain FOSS without licensing fees has proven to be very beneficial to the users in these regions as this makes information and communications technology (ICT) more affordable to them. The localization of software applications is also facilitated on a FOSS platform and this will further help towards bridging the digital divide." by Khairil Yusof

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