Honestly, I was expecting a "next year is the year..." post. But this is a point that I can definitely relate to, especially as someone who regularly flies to

Honestly, I was expecting a "next year is the year..." post. But this is a point that I can definitely relate to, especially as someone who regularly flies to africa with some Ubuntu CDs in my backpack. A completely free stack (both as beer and as speech) has a tremendous advantage in countries where owning hardware is already a big feat. The ability to tinker with everything that comes with the system is a also a huge advantage for people inclined to learn by doing, which seems to me one of the best ways to learn in the so-called "development countries".