Open source development has certainly been very useful to the countries which are quite behind the technological department. This is because it provides them with the computer programs that they need that are cost-effective and fully customizable. For instance, the Linux operating system could be modified to make use of a different language other than English. Plus, since
electronic digital devices don't come cheap, shelling out cash for the programs wouldn't be an option for most people who live in the poorest regions of the world. With this, Extremadura, the poorest community in Spain, has pushed its plans of using Linux as its main operating system for public information services.
The community would be using the
Debian Linux for their educational systems. Most people living in this portion of Spain don't have access to digital information, let alone the programs that are too damn high-priced for them. Without the necessary programs, they wouldn't have access to the information on the internet which could be used for educational purposes. This is why the Spanish government has distributed 80,000 CDs of the Linux OS. It would be distributed first to the schools in the region; further public distribution would be done through actual newspaper inserts. I think this is a timely move of the Spanish government since this region of their country is lagging in the field of both technology and educational accessibility.
