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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ 7 ] on Monday 28 August 2006 11:03 \__
>
>> casioculture@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 7 wrote:
>>>> idio asstroturfer Scott Nudds wrote on behalf of micoshaft:
>>>>
>>>> > jacob23@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>> >> The Financial Express website features an article where the Kerala
>>>> >> State is thinking of moving to support open source completely.
>>>> >
>>>> > Who? Kerala? Island population of 45. Install Linux... Death is
>>>> > immediate.
>>>>
>>>> Idiot.
>>>>
>>>> Kerala is a state similar to concept of a State like California in USA
>>>> and somewhat as big as a country like UK.
>>>> Kerala switching is BIG BIG BIG news as its equivalent to
>>>> saying that population as big as a whole country has switched
>>>> to Open Source GNU/Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Other countries have switched already, and Kerala just adds to that.
>>>> So this whole Linux thing is now turning into a run away juggernaut.
>>>
>>> Not only that, but Kerala is a highly admired state, so when Kerala
>>> does something, many others would probably take notice.
>>>
>>> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=kerala%20model
>>
>> It did boast highest literacy compared to anywhere else
>> on the planet.
>
> If I recall correctly, Kerala becomes (at least) the third Linux-only
> valley/region. Korea, a part of Spain and parts of Germany come to mind...
>
It does appear that the unstoppable force of openness (avoidance of vendor
lock-in) has combined with the immovable object of the GPL; there is no
possibility of imposing proprietary taxation-models on these people again.
I suspect that the speed at which other governments around the planet
adopt the same approach will be directly but inversely proportional to
the levels of local corruption.
Venezuala was right at the front, afairc, along with the very forward
looking if not huge city of Largo.
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