So they had to come back. While independence has not yet brought prosperity, many in East Timor, like Elsa Expostu,who grows coffee in the rural highlands of the Aleiu district, say they are still better off today.
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The housing market accelerates and the economy grows and all is better again.
According to Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief technical officer, as the open-source movement grows, it will get better at producing free clones of commercial software.
The promise is that big companies can become more collaborative environments, where ideas will pop faster, productivity grows, and there are better customer and client relations.