Z:gnu-www-ja-software-libre-commercial-viability--e9308a-While Free Software may not be/en

While Free Software may not be cheaper than proprietary software if you bill for your own time, some environments use different rates in converting time to money. Most emerging countries have good intellectual resources but little money, and they usually have many not-so-new computers as well. Proprietary operating systems are unaffordable for them, but free solutions are viable and productive. Actually, the &ldquo;Halloween&rdquo; document supports my point by underlining that &ldquo;Linux&rdquo; is growing very fast in the Far East. Charity organizations usually have this same environment&mdash;little money and a good amount of human resources. This leads straight to the Free Software model for any IT requirement.