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16 July 2001
Filed under:Uncategorized at10:43 am

At last a new debate on my message board – a belated start to a discussion about the relevance of Linux to the third world. It stems from my earlier criticism of the idea of supplying Linux-running Playstations to Africa and an earlier piece by a Linux evangelist who worked in Africa. Why not join the discussion?

Filed under:E-democracy,Useful web resources at10:33 am

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