[CS-FSLUG] Sydney Morning Herald: Cuba to Dump Windows for Linux

[Don Parris]

On 5/19/05, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> Sydney Morning Herald: Cuba to Dump Windows for Linux
> 
> "Cuba will gradually switch to the open-source Linux operating system for its
> state computers, eliminating its exclusive use of Microsoft Windows, the
> government daily Juventud Rebelde reported on Tuesday.
> 
> "Roberto del Puerto, director of the state office of information technology,
> told the daily that Cuba already had about 1500 computers using the Linux
> system...
> Complete Story
> 
> Related Stories:
> 
> Dissident Voice: The Free Software Challenge in Latin America(May 10, 2005)
> 
> IT-Analysis: South America Goes Open Source(Feb 11, 2005)
> 
> BNAmericas/LinuxInsider: More Than 40 Percent of Argentine Companies Use Open
> Source(Dec 13, 2004)
> 
> BNAmericas/LinuxInsider: Venezuela's MED Saves $2.1 Million with Open
> Source(Dec 01, 2004)
> 
> 
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Cuba-to-dump-Windows-for-Linux/2005/05/18/1116361584986.html?oneclick=true
> 
> --

Does anyone else here see the irony of Communist Cuba adopting libre
software, especially while the libre US continues its dependence on
non-free software. ;)

Don
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