Re: Spinoff: Using Linux for work? was RE: Why Tech-Writers Should Know About Open Source Technologies

[Brian Gordon <elasticsoul2003 -at- yahoo -dot- ca>]

--- Sean Wheller <sean -at- inwords -dot- co -dot- za> wrote:

> My prediction:
> In the next few years, issues such as access to
> information and knowledge 
> empowerment will drive the principle of Open Source
> Software to become - 
> 
> 				A Human Rights Issue
> 

I certainly hope so. Though the idea of empowering
workers and opening up knowledge in companies in the
'developed' world is still strenuously resisted. 

All the best,
Brian

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