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A Mile in Someone Else's Shoes
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Brian Proffitt, Managing Editor at Linux Today writes: "The first thing that set me off this week was the Microsoft comment about free software in Africa. You may have heard them, where Gerald Ilukwe, the general manager of Microsoft Nigeria, claimed that cost of software is not an important issue in the developing world. Gee, according to the message Microsoft is shoving down our throats here in the US, cost is the most important thing." He then writes further:
"Would someone explain to me how in a society where money is relatively plentiful, cost is the most important thing, and just the opposite is true where the average person makes US$160?"
Brian later explains how he reacted to other events which eventually allowed him to gain insight or stand in anothers shoes. This is a story worth a look - Ed.
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