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Tuesday, December 09, 2003

Nader Testing Waters. Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate who many Democrats accuse of handing the 2000 elections to Bush, is considering another run for president in 2004. [kuro5hin.org]
7:39:07 AM

How many years does an Azeri have to work to buy a copy of WinXP?. Over at FirstMonday, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh has published a table showing how many years an average wage-earner in various countries around the world will have to work if they are to buy a copy of Windows.

Country GDP/cap PCs ('000s) Piracy WinXP Cost [3] Effective $ GDP months Albania 1300 24 n.a. 15196 5.17 Algeria 1773 220 n.a. 11140 3.79 Angola 701 17 n.a. 28184 9.59 Argentina 7166 3415 62% 2757 0.94 Armenia 686 24 n.a. 28806 9.80 Australia 19019 10000 27% 1039 0.35 Austria 23186 2727 33% 852 0.29 Azerbaijan 688 n.a. n.a. 28708 9.77

Link [Boing Boing Blog]
7:34:57 AM

Cambodians share digital wealth. Poor or disabled Cambodians are finding jobs in the global digital economy thanks to a non-profit company. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
7:18:09 AM