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Re: Nearly all of UruguayÂs 380,000 primary-school pupils have now received Linux netbook

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____/ Terry Porter on Wednesday 07 Oct 2009 14:25 : \____

> On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:40:18 -0500, chrisv wrote:
> 
>> Terry Porter wrote:
>> 
>>>On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:01:50 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> GNU/Linux and libre software are massive in South America. The UK, US,
>>>> and AU will probably be last to liberate themselves... from themselves
>>>> (English-speaking proprietary multinationals).
>>>
>>>I fear that you are 100% correct Roy.
>> 
>> The times, they are a-changing.  This "let's spend $500 per seat for an
>> OS/office suite/AV-package" has *got* to end.
> 
> I sure hope so. Sadly most governments don't usually care, it's not
> *their* money.

And their friends from high school/last employer. Government and commerce are never separate.

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