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The main factor working against the growth of open source software in Asia has been the ready availability of pirated versions of Microsoft's software. However, open source advocates are gaining traction in places such as Nepal, where Linux is growing in popularity.

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Created by bollezza 13 years 26 weeks ago
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stargrave

13 years 26 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago

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"FOSS is computer software a user can download for free"

Sadly, but the author does not know definition of free software. It says nothing about price, and there exists (not many) software that are not available for zero price to download. So it is crude mistake to think that free software is zero price. There is definition for zero price one: freeware.

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13 years 26 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago

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"...has been the ready availability of pirated versions of..."

Yep, it is true! Fully agree - it is maybe the main reason of slowing down FOSS's spreading. Living in Russia, I see that there is no such thing as software's price.

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