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Financial Times: The Powerful Appeal of Something for Nothing

[ 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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