In a message dated 2/1/05 6:02:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > From the Microsoft event at WSIS I (Dec. 2003): MS was clever enough to > let an UNDP delegate say that developing countries should have a choice > between proprietary and free software. Bonnie Bracey and Andy Carvin > were there too: maybe their notes are more precise than mine > This is correct. The statement was made and hailed. > > From chatting in the ICT4D Hall at WSIS I (Dec. 2003) with several > African Associations, and from the posts on the "IS: voices from the > south" mailing list before that: these associations apparently have not > much doubt that free software is the solution for them > Exactly. We were all kind of shocked that the confrontation regarding proprietary software and free software was an open statement. That being said the discussions afterward were quite rich. Bonnie Bracey bbracey@ aol. com _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
