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What lessons can Kerala teach other areas about using free and open source software?

Two lessons:

1. Pro-OSS and anti-OSS zealots should really shut up and realize that they need to advocate better software, regardless of whether or not there's a pricetag associated with said quality.

2. The operating system & software market is still rapidly expanding, and further efforts should be made towards computer usability and simplicity. Use OS X for two weeks and you'll discover what that means. (Damn, do I wish Windows had self-contained applications.)

7 posted on 08/27/2005 2:37:26 PM PDT by Terpfen (Liberals call the Constitution a living document because they enjoy torturing it.)

The operating system & software market is still rapidly expanding, and further efforts should be made towards computer usability and simplicity.

Makes sense. When you think about it, the Consumer PC market is still in it's infancy. Who knows what is going to happen within the next 10-15 years. Look at the amazing growth in the last 10.