A Brief Overview -- Open Source Software in Romania
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| Romania is developing its own Linux distributions. One of the biggest
| is Darkstar Linux, based on Slackware. Furthermore, the open source
| community is translating free software projects into Romanian, e.g.
| KDE or GNOME. The Romanian Linux User Group (RLUG) translates and
| improves the Debian documentation.
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| Like many other European countries, Romania has caught a glimpse of
| what Linux and other open source software can do for business or
| private use. Romanian user hope the government will realise one
| day that instead of wasting money on proprietary products, it can
| not only improve the functionality of institutions but also use
| open source software as a way to direct those funds to other more
| important issues.
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/5016/470
Related:
Romania: Software piracy made us what we are today
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| Experts have called for stronger action from Romanian officials on
| software piracy, with prosecutors encouraged to stop dismissing
| potential cases. The International Intellectual Property Alliance
| in 2006 said dismissals are acting as a disincentive on police to
| clamp down on criminals, who are mostly end-users and distributors.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/02/romania_microsoft_piracy/
Why Piracy Hurts Open Source
http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000266
Microsoft seals its Windows and opens the door to Linux
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1956941,00.html
How Piracy Opens Doors for Windows
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-micropiracy9apr09,0,414067.story?track=tottext
Beware: Half of Pirated Vista Is Malware
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/003622.html
Russian schools abandon Windows after piracy scare
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| Microsoft says that the incident has nothing to do with them, but it
| appears that Russian schools in the area are so scared about being shipped
| off to a Siberian Gulag, that they are buying Linux gear instead.
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| According to Karpushin, schools would start using freely distributed
| software like the Linux OS, Russky office and Open office desktop apps,
| Ekho Moskvi reports.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37460
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