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<x-tad-bigger>Hi Guys,</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>I don't know if you've read this article, but it really highlights a serious problem we have in the continent wrt licensing and why the OSS model has merits for it. It concludes with a table of� </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Licence fees relative to GDP/capita</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>�. To summarise, it costs the average�South African�the equivalent of </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>2.57</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>��times his/her monthly salary to license Win and Office XP. In Nigeria, that figure is </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>21.09,</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> in the US,</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> 0.19</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> and in Germany</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>, 0.30</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>.</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>�</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>Interesting stats...</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>�</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/ghosh/index.html</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>�</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>Regards</x-tad-bigger>
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