I had not seen this before. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ ev.php?URL_ID=12034&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201
There is an article at Newsforge which discusses some of the reasons it may be difficult for resource-constrained countries to actually implement the OSS applications and OS that should in theory save them money and avert hegemeny. http://business.newsforge.com/ article.pl?sid=04/03/24/1744251&mode=thread&tid=110&tid=35&tid=85 -- Adrian Midgley (Linux desktop) GP, Exeter http://www.defoam.net/
