Chasing the Dragon's Tale

For developing countries, FOSS (PDF) (Free and Open Source Software) allows for affordable access to powerful software packages for Internet project development. Successful implementaion of FOSS programs and code is often dependant upon online communities of support people. Unfortunately, there are costs involved in getting access to these free support communities.

From today's NewsForce article, "Constraints against the adoption and use of FOSS in developing countries":

Despite the many advantages of Internet-based support for FOSS, this type of support is not ideal for many people in developing countries. The digital divide between industrialized and developing countries is also manifested in the cost and ease of access to the Internet. Given that many people in developing countries do not have adequate and affordable Internet access, if any at all, the Internet is not the ideal way to provide technical support to FOSS users in developing countries.

Again a new twist to the Dragon's tale...there is free software available to make your internet development affordable, unfortunately, if you are in a developing country the source of support for your access is an often expensive Internet access charge.