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Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 6040
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 11:39 am: |     |
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/technology/29computer.html
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woodstock
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Username: Woodstock
Post Number: 948
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 11:48 am: | |
There is a great article on the state of technology in the world in the latest issue of MIT Technology Review. It goes through about a dozen countries, and talks about their specific needs and how technology is addressing them. The article also talks about South Africa as a HUGE supporter of open source software for both public policy and business development reasons.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/04/issue/feature_gp.asp |
Dave
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Username: Dave
Post Number: 5714
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 5:31 pm: | |
quote:This was a scene that was astonishing on a million levels. I've seen rallies for free software in many placed around the world. I've never seen anything like this. There were geeks, to be sure. But not many. The mix was broad-based and young. They cheered free software as if it were a candidate for President.
But more striking still was just the dynamic of this democracy. Barlow captured the picture at the top, which in a sense captures it all. Here's a Minister of the government, face to face with supporters, and opponents. He speaks, people protest, and he engages their protest. Passionately and directly, he stands at their level. There is no distance. There is no "free speech zone." Or rather, Brazil is the free speech zone.
http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/002400.shtml
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