Governments are in the cross hairs of the forces of globalization. For everyone to benefit fairly, governments in the developing world must adopt an information technology policy that balances the interests of international trade and collaboration with increased self-reliance and knowledge creation.
Price competition and multi-cultural flexibility introduced by OSS reinforces the need for companies such as Microsoft to be better team players to earn the respect and support of their customers.
In this article, the author tracks the progress of adoption of open source software across the world. In search of technologies best suited for their countries, governments around the world are looking into Linux and open source software technologies.