A Software Industry in every Country?

["Irfan Khan" <khania@super.net.pk>]

[source: http://www.sdnp.undp.org/observatory/ ]


A Software Industry in every Country? 

Only Free Software allows each country to have its own software 
industry on an equal footing with everyone else, because it requires 
everyone to share the same source code base. Also, a fully functional 
software industry represents the best way for developing countries to 
join the world economy, because it doesn't require large, expensive 
plants, as do most other major industries. (Source: Linux Today)


Full Story at 
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-01-14-022-20-OP-CY-LL