“When Nathan Eckenrode goes to the United Nations in New York
City next week to help demonstrate the technology behind open
source software, he doesn’t really expect to discover the answer to
world peace. If he gets a little closer, though, he’s all right
with that.“Last year the United Nations Institute for Training and
Research (UNITAR) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) held a joint meeting to discuss the
feasibility of using free and open source software (FOSS) as a
means to bolster the growth of technology in developing
countries…”