Linked by Andrew Youll on Tue 18th Oct 2005 16:24 UTC, submitted by Rehdon
"In response to a question on the role of open source software in Africa, Gerald Ilukwe, the general manager of Microsoft Nigeria, said that cost is not important, even though he admitted that the average annual salary in the West African country is only US$160."
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Some countries in africa might stabilize in the
future. Suppose they have choosen to mostly use
Microsofts products. When their economy starts
getting a little bit better, who do you think
will be there to take advantage of their monopoly?
If they instead choose to mostly use software
that promotes open standards such as OpenDocument
they can never get locked in.
I say be smart from the start!
/Magnus