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How open source attracts some of the world's top innovators
Some of the best and brightest work in open source. Who are these people? How did they get there? Where do they see open source going next?
For example, Anir Chowdhury, a Bangladesh government policy advisor, described how open source has provided the infrastructure needed by about 140,000 door-to-door community health workers. In the US, we think of open source in terms of high-end infrastructure, such as the cloud, or end-user devices, such as Android phones and Linux desktops -- and we pay serious money for this tech. Bridging the gap between problems and solutions is a mission the UN is trying to solve at this conference in New York, and the Linux Foundation is addressing this issue with its follow-up What's Next for Open Source meeting.
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