[So, Cuba is finally moving to capitalism...]
University of Havana Finally Switches to Free Software
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| And, Yudivián Almeida, professor of computer at the University of Havana,
| this change means that “[w]hen free software has been installed on all of the
| university’s computers, it will make no sense to teach using anything else.”
| So, one more Latin American institution has made the conversion away from
| closed, proprietary software and towards open knowledge.
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http://news.northxsouth.com/
See? Even Cuba moves to constructive capitalism and leaves behind that
communism where everyone uses the same software and relies on the one
authority which decides what to use (Microsoft).
Welcome to land of the free.
Uxi, a Cuban magazine dedicated to Free Software and Open Codes by the
University of Information Sciences
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| It allows the access to several programs –even the one used to create the
| magazine-, all of them dedicated to the Free Software Movement, the Open Code
| and the GNU/Linux System.
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http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2008/05/17/11172/uxi_a_cuban_magazine_dedicated_to_free_software_and_open_codes_by_the_university_of_information_sciences.html
Linux is doing exceptionally well, but adoption starts outside the
English-speaking world (South Africa being the exception).
Recent:
Cuba Lifts Ban on Home Computers
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| I'm a Cuban. This happened more than a month ago. And we are very happy that
| someone finally came to his senses about it.
|
| What's new, though, is that [startin soon], they are going to be sold without
| operating systems... No more windows pre-installed. Or so I've heard. Now we
| only need tons of Ubuntu disks to give away at the sotre.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/03/1236214
Cuba Votes No to OOXML - Says It Did So in September, Too - Updated
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| More OOXML news. The Cuban National Bureau of Standards has reportedly sent
| an email to the three names NBs are supposed to notify at ISO, Toshiko
| Kimura, Keith Brannon, and Martine Gaillen, reporting that Cuba votes to
| disapprove OOXML.
|
| But the startling news is that the email claims that Cuba voted no in
| September but that its vote was miscounted.
|
| [...]
|
| If you recall, the public announcement by ISO in September said that Cuba had
| voted to approve, which led to puzzlement. Not so, says the email, which was
| sent on Friday evening and broadly cc'd, including to all the NBs, perhaps to
| ensure there was no confusion this time. Cuba was deeply injured by the false
| report, the email says. Cuba voted no with comments in September. It never
| approved OOXML.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080324121844682
Related:
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
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
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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