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[News] Cuba and Its Shift to Free Software, GNU/Linux

  • Subject: [News] Cuba and Its Shift to Free Software, GNU/Linux
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:29:37 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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The Gradual Introduction of Free Software in Cuba Becomes Significant to Go 
Ahead in the Crucial Strategy. 

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| Without “pushing the boat out”, the gradual introduction of free software in 
| Cuba becomes significant to go ahead in the process of incorporating  
| informatics into society. 
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http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2008/02/16/9177/the_gradual_introduction_of_free_software_in_cuba_becomes_significant_to_go_ahead_in_the_crucial_strategy.html


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Cuba embraces migration to free and open source software

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| Cuba's Cabinet also has urged a shift from proprietary software. The customs 
| service has gone to Linux and the ministries of culture, higher education and  
| communications are planning to do so, Rodriguez said. 
| 
| And students in his own department are cooking up a version of Linux called 
| Nova, based on Gentoo distribution of the operating system. The ministry of 
| higher education is developing its own.  
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http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2007/08/02/4878/cuba_embraces_open_source_software.html


The community, objective of the development of computer science in Cuba

,----[ Automated translation ]
| He emphasized that almost four thousand young people prepare themselves
| in the modality of free software (Linux), an operating system that
| favors the use of open codes and to that the island bets to replace
| in official institutions the use of Microsoft.
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http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=mozclient&num=50&u=http%3A//www.cubaperiodistas.cu/noticias/abril07/09/01.htm

Source: http://www.cubaperiodistas.cu/noticias/abril07/09/01.htm


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.
| 
| [...]
| 
| 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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