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tom brough wrote: > > What I am really stuck with is finding articles (preferably with > referenced statistics) that show how adoption of Open Source in > economically deprived areas has stimulated the economy. This is probably > because the real savings / costs are difficult to quantify to any degree > of accuracy that researchers are confident to publish. Extremadura is probably the main region that is most comparable. Bits of South America have similar experience, but probably quite different regional pressures. I'm not sure you can demonstrate if adoption stimulates the economy, you can only say if the adoption saved money on the relevant budget. On the other-hand Extremadura hosted one of the Debconf9 - does that count ;) The FSF have good contacts in Extremadura - so maybe kick Matt or RMS for some info, they can always send you to the more appropriate person. mattl@xxxxxxx rms@xxxxxxx Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html