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  From: Matthew Moyle-Croft <mmc@mmc.com.au>
  To  : <ilox@airnet.com.au>
  Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:30:47 +1030

Re: Debian developers

> After seeing al those hands go up at the conference no, I would not be 
> surprised.
> Ever stopped to think why it is that Australia and New Zealand have 
> done so much and are still doing so much for the opensource movement?

Yep.  Because we're that kind of people.  Anazacs are very down to earth 
people to like to do stuff themselves in a pratical way and do amazing 
things with little money.  We used to be handypeople or farmers etc, but 
now we code.

Look at how much technology and ideas Australia comes out with despite 
our entire Federal Science budget being less than what John Hopkins 
University (teaching hospital) gets every year to do science!  We 
produce the best bang for buck for doing science and building technology.

We just have to figure out how to get people to invest locally!

MMC

> 
> Cheers,  Ian
> 
> 


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