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Re: FSF taking money from outsourcers


From: Snuffelluffogus
Subject: Re: FSF taking money from outsourcers
Date: 29 Apr 2004 15:42:08 -0700

John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote in message 
news:<874qr2n8e8.fsf@toncho.dhh.gt.org>...
> Klaus writes:
> > These differences are based on the costs of living in each
> > country/region, of course, which for some reason (inadequate exchange
> > rates for currencies play into this, imho) vary so much.
> 
> The reasons for low costs of living for the middle class in poor countries
> are bloody well obvious, and have very little to do with exchange rates.

It has everything to do with exchange rates. If the world had just
one currency the situation would be entirely different. Some things
would remain "cheap" in "poor" countries, but most prices would rise
to meet equivalents in other countries.

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