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Financial Times: The Powerful Appeal of Something for Nothing

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 29, 2006

[ Thanks to Philip
Webb
for this link. ]

“In places where a Windows software licence costs more than the
average monthly wage, the appeal of free software becomes extremely
powerful.

“So it is hardly surprising that open source software–free to
use, adapt and distribute–is hugely popular throughout the
developing world, for desktops, servers and everything in
between…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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