Ubuntu: Bridging the technology gap
By Richard Hillesley,
"In developing countries we often have dualistic economies," he says, "with a formal and an informal sector. It takes tremendous energy to get a small business to move from the informal sector, where everything is cash based, with no records, no taxation, and little regulation, into the formal sector."
"One of the barriers to this," he believes, "is the cost of getting basic technology in place. In the developed world, any small business can get over that hump very easily. In the developing world, the costs of basic technology present an insurmountable obstacle to joining the formal economy, and I believe that free software holds the key to allowing small and micro businesses in the developing world become part of the formal economy."
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