Free as in free milk: Microsoft's business practices in developing countries
In 1977 a boycott campaign was launched against Nestlé to protest for its marketing of breast milk substitutes. To make a long story short, Nestlé’s commercial agents in developing countries gave free...
View ArticleWill Low-Cost Laptops Help Kids in Developing Countries?
The nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child is working to develop computers that could be built for just $100 each and distributed to children in developing countries.Still, some of the program's...
View Article"Kinder capitalism"? It's called open source, Mr. Gates. You should try it
Bill Gates welcomed the world to a new breed of "kinder capitalism" at Davos this week. Conveniently forgetting his past, Mr. Gates declared:"We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism...
View ArticleDeveloping Nations May Reuse More Electronics Than Thought
What the researchers found suggests that, at least in one country, imported electronics are not immediately destined for meltdown or other polluting and poisonous dismantling practices, as has been...
View ArticleSelling Ubuntu to the “Third World”
Ubuntu adoption for communities in the "Third World" seems like it should be a no-brainer: how could a functional, free operating system not prove wildly popular in developing countries? Nonetheless,...
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