On 16 Jun, 12:51, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Venezuela Launches Sale of "Bolivarian" Computers
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | The new computers will run the open-source Linux operating system
> | and will first be used inside the government "missions" and state
> | companies and institutions but eventually are expected to be sold
> | across Venezuela and Latin America.
> `----
>
> http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2326nyurl.com/26o5t6
Oh God, I can hear the MSFT shills now: "Linux is a communist OS!"
This computer project looks like a good thing for Latin America. The
piece says that the plan is for local manufacture of some computer
components. This gives Venezuala a viable industrial base for when
the oil runs out.
|
|
