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Cambodia has faster growing number of open source software users?

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Noy Shoung also predicts that by 2006 more computer users in Cambodia will be using Open Source software versus Microsoft. This came from an article in the Phnom Penh Post, an English language newspaper, published in Cambodia and was excerpted by Tharum's blog. Technorati Tags: cambodia nptech

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Khmer Open Source

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I came across this one for Khmer Open Source Project. Here's the description of the project purpose from the site: The KhmerOS project was born from our dream for the state of computer technology in Cambodia in three years. Here's the link to the draft of the master plan for implementing open source in Cambodia.

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Tech Across Your Org: Program and Fundraising Innovation Sprung from an Internal Technology Project

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In the early years, we were working in China, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ethiopia, where we now purify water for over 200,000 kids daily. There’s another piece that, while it is a cornerstone of our organization, complicates the picture even more: we hire local talent. The children living here are our exclusive focus. It isn’t perfect.

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Excellent ICT Digital Divide Blog

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For months, I've been tagging urls that I found interesting about Cambodia into delicious with the cambodia tag and checking what else was tagged. just the other day I found an excellent case study on the Khmer Open Source Localization project. Usually it was not much or crap. But this has changed.

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Interview with Lux Mean: Teaching Cambodians in Rural Areas To Blog

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He is currently training young people in Cambodia's provincial areas how to blog. Mean was only recently introduced to blogs and the organization got the idea of doing a blog projects from one of Cambodia's better known bloggers, Ex-King. Participants of the training are selected from local NGOs. I am Cambodian.

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Cambodia Bloggers: Five Years Later – Part 2

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This is the second of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia during my “ homecoming trip.” ” Part 1 was about NGOs in Cambodia , focusing on the work of the Sharing Foundation. This post is about the social media community in Cambodia.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

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Andy Carvin and Jonnie Goldstein interviewed a person from one of two projects based in Cambodia. Ten Tech Proposals Empowering Human Rights, Local Leadership, and Community Education is. Open Source Software is Fair Trade ! Zen and the art of nonprofit technology wonders about Open Source Feminism.

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