I can give the view from Pakistan:
Open Source software has NO CHANCE HERE!!!!
Pirated software is abundantly available here. Heck talking about open source, Linux is not even bought in the markets as it IS MORE EXPENSIVE than windows, because it comes in 2-3 CDs and windows in one(the dealers charge per CD)
The linux distributions available in the market are two versions old. Like Fedora C3 hit the market recently.
Downloading distros is no option for people here, as the majority are behind 56kps dialup modems.
It is extremely rare to find people who are expert at Open Source. However major universities have started to incoorperate open source software into their curriculum, and many undergraduates to their degree projects on open source software.
The Pakistan government, had launched, something called the Open Source Research Center, which's aim was to promote open source usage in the country, however it is defunct now!
Software companies in Pakistan exclusively offer services on proprietory software, and hence all universities try to produce programmers/developers/SW engineers who are adept at them.
I'm sure the same scenario is being played out in India.
I dont see open source succeeding here for the next decade or so.
Summarized: any data (internet connections, traffic, email, file sharing, SMS, phone calls) of 450 billion people of Europe has to be collected by telcos, to be used by governments in their fight against 'crime and terrorism'...
In the whole world their are 6 billion people, how can their be 450 billion in Europe alone???
This is complete bullshit!!!
how can we be sure that the news there is objective?
How accurate is it?
Wikimedia should make a service like news.google.com
which crawls newssites, and automatically generates content.
Excuse Me!
Who's licencsing software in the third world!
We get Windows a lot cheaper than redhat.
Here in Pakistan Windows costs 30 Rupees (.5 US dollars) where as Mandrake costs 90 Rupees (1.5 US Dollars) WHy? Because windows comes in a single CD and Mandrake comes with 3 CDs thats why the additional cost
I I always thought that intel was way ahead of AMD in the performance charts and benchmarks. But this series of Opteron processors even beats Intel's latest offering!
What turn of events!!
If there are patents in the USA or Europe just move to a place where there are no patents, are continue developing!
I might be off the point. But I think that patents are not Internationally Universal!
Back when I was a nOOB in linux, I used Redhat, but finding it inadequate I moved to Slackware, which gave me the satisfaction I required.
I would never move to Fedora, since I regard it as a equivalent of Redhat. Redhat SUCKS!!
"Democracy has always been touted as the 'Will of the people'. It isn't, of course (at least not in modern times) "
Really democracy nowadays resembles like a dictatorship to me where the writ of a few ppl counts more than the whole world opinion!
While using unstable Windows 95 at home, I admired apple for creating stable operating systems such as Macintosh OS, which I used in my university.
Yes I believe Apple has always been better at making OSs than microsoft
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I can give the view from Pakistan: Open Source software has NO CHANCE HERE!!!! Pirated software is abundantly available here. Heck talking about open source, Linux is not even bought in the markets as it IS MORE EXPENSIVE than windows, because it comes in 2-3 CDs and windows in one(the dealers charge per CD) The linux distributions available in the market are two versions old. Like Fedora C3 hit the market recently. Downloading distros is no option for people here, as the majority are behind 56kps dialup modems. It is extremely rare to find people who are expert at Open Source. However major universities have started to incoorperate open source software into their curriculum, and many undergraduates to their degree projects on open source software. The Pakistan government, had launched, something called the Open Source Research Center, which's aim was to promote open source usage in the country, however it is defunct now! Software companies in Pakistan exclusively offer services on proprietory software, and hence all universities try to produce programmers/developers/SW engineers who are adept at them. I'm sure the same scenario is being played out in India. I dont see open source succeeding here for the next decade or so.
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In the whole world their are 6 billion people, how can their be 450 billion in Europe alone???
Where is Steve Balmer?
But how many of these are 'unique'? I downloaded Firefox twice, once for windows and once the linux version!
not neccessarily 10 million I downloaded the stuff twice! Once a windows version for my University labs, and a linux version for myself
This is complete bullshit!!! how can we be sure that the news there is objective? How accurate is it? Wikimedia should make a service like news.google.com which crawls newssites, and automatically generates content.
Excuse Me! Who's licencsing software in the third world! We get Windows a lot cheaper than redhat. Here in Pakistan Windows costs 30 Rupees (.5 US dollars) where as Mandrake costs 90 Rupees (1.5 US Dollars) WHy? Because windows comes in a single CD and Mandrake comes with 3 CDs thats why the additional cost
I I always thought that intel was way ahead of AMD in the performance charts and benchmarks. But this series of Opteron processors even beats Intel's latest offering! What turn of events!!
If there are patents in the USA or Europe just move to a place where there are no patents, are continue developing! I might be off the point. But I think that patents are not Internationally Universal!
Back when I was a nOOB in linux, I used Redhat, but finding it inadequate I moved to Slackware, which gave me the satisfaction I required. I would never move to Fedora, since I regard it as a equivalent of Redhat. Redhat SUCKS!!
The Speed of Software havles every 18 months, So I think when Longhorn will be released, We will need at least 5 GHz to run it properly
"Democracy has always been touted as the 'Will of the people'. It isn't, of course (at least not in modern times) " Really democracy nowadays resembles like a dictatorship to me where the writ of a few ppl counts more than the whole world opinion!
While using unstable Windows 95 at home, I admired apple for creating stable operating systems such as Macintosh OS, which I used in my university. Yes I believe Apple has always been better at making OSs than microsoft