ICTs and leapfrogging development

The UNU-IIST on open source software

Things have been very quiet around here lately. I'm hard at work on my thesis and finishing up the semester, so things are probably going to stay fairly quiet for the time being.

But, there's always something. I came across this interesting article on open source software in the development context. Pay special attention to the last two paragraphs about linking the open source community with IT people in developing countries. This captures my opinion exactly - open source is not just (and not most importantly) cheap software for developing countries, it also has the potential to raise awareness among a huge and influential global community of developers of the needs of developing countries to make sure that the tools needed are available and appropriate.

Make sure you visit the link to UNU-IIST to get the whole picture.