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<p>something that in my opinion is not really helpful for the development in Ivory Coast.</p>
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<p>From a wholly academic perspective its not very useful, but I bet for the guy sitting in his house in the middle of a slum on the outskirts of Abidjan, and the postman looking to deliver his new microwave, that its an absolute godsend, whether or not its proprietary or not!</p>
<p>If its so bad for public services to use proprietary technology then its up to the opensource standards community to come up with a better alternative, of which I'm not sure there are any that can rival what3words!</p>

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