
Free And Open Source Software (FOSS) Is Gradually Developing Its Commercial Ecosystems In Asia
Author: Kuan-Ting Lin
Translator: Franklin Weng
Foreword: the LibreOffice Asia Conference was successfully held in May 2019 in Tokyo. Kuan-Ting Lin, a university student and civic tech reporter also attended this conference and gives his observations here. In Part

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To start, tell us a bit about yourself!
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I am a big fan of free and open source software

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