Free software and the digital divide: Opportunities and constraints for developing countries

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-33

  James, Jeffrey ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

FREE SOFTWARE; GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE; PIRACY; SOFTWARE PACKAGE GNU-LINUX;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0037284747     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016555150302900103     Document Type: Article

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