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The Pirated Software Problem in the 3rd World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-a-whole-world-more-than-world-two dept.

RockDoctor writes "Dark Reading carries an article by one Nathan Spande who works in Cambodia. Locally he finds that OpenOffice.Org and MS Office are the same price ($2), or $7-20 by downloading. He discusses why the economics of OpenSource don't work in this environment, and how it contributes to global computer security issues through the "little extras" (trojans, spambots and other malware) that typically accompany such "local editions" of software. The economics of software outside the west are very different to what most people are used to."

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  1. No, we aren't by Rix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This discussion has absolutely nothing to do with that.

  2. Reclama by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Re:Way I look at it by aussie_a · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Everyone ignore the posts above by poster "iminplaya". As a registered sex offender and convicted child rapist, he doesn't deserve to be heard in this forum.