__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Sunday 03 September 2006 06:04 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> UNDP programme launches FOSS website
>>
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>>| The website's key goals are to develop, adopt and disseminate
>>| solutions, education and content that use open source software and
>>| open standards in support of Uzbekistan's economic development plans,
>>| the programme said.
>>|
>>| With the accelerating adoption of Linux and other FOSS by individuals
>>| and organizations in Uzbekistan, many are left wondering where to find
>>| suitable information for FOSS.
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>> http://business.uzreport.com/uzb.cgi?lan=e&id=18071
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> Whilst the internet did much to further promote the use of English
> around the world, in the end, the combination of the net and FOSS seems
> to be having the opposite effect - it's permitting localisation on a
> scale never previously possible.
This forces companies to replace vanity with 'consideration'.
Microsoft Windows Goes Bolivian
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| In the past couple of years, Microsoft has upped its efforts to
| create local-language versions of Windows, in the face of competition
| from Linux, which can be freely modified and localized and doesn't
| carry licensing fees.
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http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=24376
Because Microsoft cares? Of course not. Because it's good/better for
Ballmer's and Gates' wealth.
And they say competition is not necessarily a good thing.
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