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    FLOSS developers as a social formation

    First Monday, 2004
    This paper takes a closer look at FLOSS developers and their projects to find out how they work, what holds them together and how they interact. This article aims at understanding FLOSS with a holistic approach, i.e. understanding the field as a whole, as well as the interaction between various internal phenomena.
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    Government open source software trials final report

    Office of Government Commerce, 2004
    In September 2003 the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) announced that they would be coordinating, with the support of the Office of the e-Envoy, "Proof of Concept" trials of Open Source Software (OSS) in a range of public bodies in conjunction with IBM and Sun Microsystems. This report by OGC summarises the key findings from these trials.
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    ICT and literacy: who benefits?: experience from Zambia and India

    Commonwealth of Learning, 2004
    This paper reflects the findings of a three-and-a-half-year project that tested how useful various information and communication technology applications were in providing literacy programmes.The project highlighted a number of the issues that arise from ICT implementation in the developing world:ICT projects need to be planned around, or address lack of internet connectivity in many are
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    Biodiversity conservation, communication and language: is English a solution, a problem or both?

    Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network, 2004
    Biodiversity conservation is becoming a global agenda operating on an equally global arena. The name if the game is communication and collaboration across cultures and languages, facilitated by ICTs.
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    A cyber shepherd at work in the Sahel

    International Development Research Centre, 2003
    This report examines a technological pilot project in Senegal that is proving pastoralists with electronic information about resources in transhumance zones.The pilot project is the result of a regional workshop held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2001, were delegates decided to implement new information and communication technologies to aid local pastoralists.The report details the technology
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    Knowledge based restructuring in transition economies: the role of business environment, competition and ICT

    Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research, Poland, 2004
    What drives the innovation process in transition economies and what is the impact of information and communications technology (ICT) availability and competitive pressure on innovation?The author notes that there is considerable variation in the degree to which economies and enterprises have reallocated their resources, restructured their businesses and successfully applied available technologi
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    Enabling a digitally United Kingdom: a framework for action

    Cabinet Office, 2004
    This report on the activities of the recently established Digital Inclusion Panel, this report provides an overview of the current state of digital engagement in the United Kingdom. The report specifically examines:
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    Latin American community telecenters: IT’s a long way to TICperary

    Journal of Community Informatics, 2004
    The report discusses the evolution of telecenters and collective internet connectivity across Latin America.
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    Intellectual property and innovation: changing perspectives in the Indian IT industry

    Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2004
    The Indian government has undertaken significant modifications in the Intellectual Property (IP) regime of the country in recent years. This will lead to a realignment of business strategies by firms in several sectors. Similarly, with liberalisation and globalisation, new opportunities for IP creation may emerge for Indian firms.
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    Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) for Africa’s development

    African Forum on Science and Technology for Development, NEPAD, 2004
    This paper makes a case for the importance of Information and Communication Tools (ICTs) for development.

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