"It's about money, at the end of the day, because we're in Africa," says one service provider, and that about sums it up. When developing nations look at the cost of open source software - nothing - and the ongoing costs created by proprietary software, there is really no choice. But more than that, open source software allows developers and service providers adapt the software to their own needs. And while the argument against open source has been that it requires more support, that logic simply doesn't apply in Africa. "the logic also assumes that people are willing to keep buying new hardware to support Microsoft's latest products. In Africa, that's not just flawed logic. It's nutty, and cost fundamentally rules out Windows on much of the continent."
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