http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/6769286.htm
When Andy Rabagliati started working to deliver Internet access to some poor rural schools, he chose Linux and other open-source software for the core of his project. His decision was a no-brainer.
"For one thing, he says, he could do things he couldn't do with commercial, proprietary software, such as change the programming code to suit his needs. But there was a more pressing bottom line.
"'It's about money, at the end of the day, because we're in Africa,' he says...
--
**************** *****************************
Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network Consultancy###
KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & Internet Solutions#
Plot 80 Kanjokya Street
P.O. Box 173 Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 77 972255
+256 71 221141
Fax: +256 31 262122
*************************************************************************
|
