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what are the issues around donated software?

Teresa Peters, executive director of www.Bridges.org, based in South Africa, at our board meeting (in New York). Bridges.org helps clarify IT policy issues facing developing countries. For example: Vendors offering software do so knowing that someday schoolchildren will become customers and users will want upgrades... But if the vendor offers training with the software, it may be a good trace. Often, it's not a question of ethics; it's a question of the terms of the deal.

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Uploaded on March 29, 2005
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