How Composite project (Former Compiz and Beryl) help Linux
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| By the way talking about who is helping Linux to gain more and
| more popularity Microsoft is doing its part :). By closing XP sales
| and with Vista being so hardware hungry some users specially here
| in Latin America where buying that "big" computers is not affordable
| for lots of users, more and more will be willing to convert to Linux.
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http://www.go2linux.org/node/107
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Ubuntu takes advantage
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| Well, I'm very proud to announce that another Venezuelan institution
| of the government, take our recommendation and then we deploy more of
| 700 HP PCs with Ubuntu and 150 IBM Laptops with Kubuntu.
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http://blog.blanco.net.ve/2007/03/ubuntu-takes-advantage.html
ElMostrador.cl: Chilean Public Pension System (INP) Switches to Linux
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| The institution will save more than 67,000 USD per year in license fees.
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| Two of every three Chileans either pay or get paid by this state-owned
| institution, which has 63 offices and ten corporate buildings all over the
| country, using more than 1500 computers.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-08-01-005-20-NW-DP
German parliament plans to pursue open source strategy further
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| The administration behind the Bundestag has reacted to criticism from
| the Linux Association concerning the call for tenders for an IT
| project.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/88796
FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista And Office For Google And Linux Combo
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| Bowen said he's in talks with the aviation safety agency's main
| hardware supplier, Dell Computer, to determine if it could
| deliver Linux-based computers capable of accessing Google
| Apps through a non-Microsoft browser once the FAA's XP-based
| computers pass their shelf life.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800480
Cuba Embraces Open-Source Software
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| Both governments say they are trying to wean state agencies from
| Microsoft's proprietary Windows to the open-source Linux operating
| system, which is developed by a global community of programmers
| who freely share their code.
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| [...]
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| Other countries have tried similar moves. China, Brazil and
| Norway have encouraged the development of Linux for a variety
| of reasons: Microsoft's near-monopoly over operating systems,
| the high cost of proprietary software and security problems.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CUBA_SOFTWARE?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
http://tinyurl.com/29dejf
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