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Open Source Software Serves Niche Markets

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. BSD^H^H^HSmall languages are dying by peterpi · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd wonder if by the time big business starts becoming interested in selling software to small countries with obscure languages, English will be the first language of the target market anyway.

  2. Re:Huge market - not by IanBevan · · Score: 0, Troll

    So when exactly did you undergo your complete sense of humour bypass operation ? Did it hurt ?

  3. Re:my mudasobwa not so mudasobwish by Cthefuture · · Score: 0, Troll

    Unless you are trying to describe something completely new or you don't otherwise know of an existing word then making up a new word is completely stupid.

    Obviously "computer" exists in some form or another in several languages. Use one of those dumbasses! Too many idiots have complicated things enough as it is.

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