The co-existence of open source and commercial software in emerging markets
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| In recent years, Asian governments in emerging markets have taken an active
| interest in open source software with the view that its use would address
| various issues in their domestic markets.
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http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20070806/technology02.shtml
What is stalling open source in healthcare?
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| Two forces are at work, I believe. One is proprietary advantage, something
| we're all familiar with here. The second is bureaucracy. The two forces
| amplify one another. Bureaucracies raise costs, and proprietary advantage is
| needed to make up for those costs.
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http://digg.com/tech_news/What_is_stalling_open_source_in_healthcare
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Asia-Pacific to be the ‘Silicon Valley’ for Open Source
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| The Open Source movement is creating a new business organization paradigm,
| which will soon shift the center of software development from Silicon Valley
| to the Asia-Pacific, including the Philippines, according to a balikbayan
| technopreneur whose Open Source applications house, Gluecode had been
| purchased by IBM Corp. in 2005.
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http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/july/30/yehey/techtimes/20070730tech1.html
Asia now biggest consumer of open source software
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| Asia is now the largest consumer of open source applications in the world
| based on the number of downloads recorded, open source experts said.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=77983
Open source take-up booming in APAC
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| Open source accounts for between 25 and 70 percent of all software in
| Australian, Chinese, Indian and Korean companies, according to a recent IDC
| survey.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Open-source-take-up-booming-in-APAC/0,130061733,339279806,00.htm
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