It investigates how poor countries are using FOSS applications for economic development, and includes stories and interviews from around the world.
It has been around for over 20 years, but most PC owners are not aware that many internet search engines and computer applications run on FOSS.
But we found that in the computer industry and among the aficionados, it is well known and its virtues well understood.Directed and filmed by Maximillian Jacobson-Gonzalez, the programs were filmed in nearly a dozen countries around the world, to see how the adoption of FOSS presents opportunities for industry and capacity development, software piracy reduction, and localization and customization for diverse cultural and development needs.
Stories from The Code-Breakers include computer and Internet access for school children in Africa, reaching the poor in Brazil, tortoise breeding programs in the Galapagos, connecting villages in southern Spain, and post-tsunami disaster management in Sri Lanka.
Representatives of Intel, IBM, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft all seem to agree[citation needed] that FOSS is a welcome presence in computer software.