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Open Source Software Serves Niche Markets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they-roll-the-concrete-over-it dept.

mahendra writes "News.com is carrying an article about localisation of OpenOffice.org. 'So, what's new about that?', you may ask. The article talks about the potential markets that proprietary software markets are ignoring. By the time they realize the potential, Open Source software will have made deep inroads into these markets..."

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  1. Huge market - not by IanBevan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Great, a localised version of OpenOffice for Rwanda. Now open source can dominate the market for all 5 PCs in the country.

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