|
|
Article: Jordan hopes to be Arab center of technology development.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Article from:
- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- June 26, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
AMMAN, Jordan _ An all-hands meeting is under way as I arrive at Estarta, a software and services company. Estarta is the new corporate name for two newly merged companies, and staffers are wondering how the link-up will work.
Such a scene would be considered routine in Silicon Valley and other major centers of technology around the world. Here, it represents something significant.
The merger has been made possible by recent liberalization of Jordanian laws governing companies. It's one of the more noteworthy steps that the Arab world's most progressive government has taken in a determined _ and arguably courageous _ campaign to modernize. The tools of ...