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philippInAfrica writes "bridges.org just released the software comparison study that looks at free/open source software and proprietary software in community computer labs in Africa. The announcement is on bridges, or you can download the full report in PDF form. To our knowledge, this is the largest field study of its kind in developing countries - we visited 121 computer labs in Namibia, Uganda and South Africa - and we are making all data available to other researchers. Feedback from the international ./ community would be great."
wrong, I'm the only person around here. you're just a figment of my imagination and I'm tired of thinking about you. goodbye
Philosophers have to cure many intellectual diseases in themselves before arriving at the notions of common sense.
>>Burn FOSS software on CDs and mail them worldwide?
Probably can't do that. AOL most likely has this distribution method patented.
We could translate the instructions into bar codes and fax the resultant pages to the development community over there... Bar code software was the next big thing back in..oh..1977 or so..
Back in the late 70's some software was published this way, on paper, using bar codes. To program the machine, one used a bar code reader to scan the instructions into memory. I can't find a link for this, but anyway maybe what's old can be new again. If they can afford fax machines and phone lines..
wbs.
Huh?