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The Linux-Vendor Factors- Part of the FOSS adoption problems in Africa
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| Unlike Windows, Linux is a heavily networked
| OS where one needs internet connection to do
| things like application installation. This
| very factor is one of the greatest deterrents
| to the use of Linux here. How do you get
| people to use it when they have no reliable
| and affordable internet connection?
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http://www.ghabuntu.com/2010/04/linux-vendor-factors-part-of-foss.html
The Preferred Nomenclature
http://www.penguinpetes.com/Doomed_to_Obscurity/index.php?strip=0000246.jpg
Recent:
IBM, Canonical to sell Ubuntu-ready netbooks in Africa
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| IBM, Canonical and Simmtronics today
| announced they will market a low-cost,
| Intel Atom-based Simmtronics netbook in
| emerging markets. The Simmbook will be
| preloaded with the IBM Client for Smart
| Work Linux distro, based on Ubuntu Netbook
| Remix, and will first be made available in
| Africa for just $190, says IBM.
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http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Simmtronics-Simmbook-and-IBM-Client-for-Smart-Work/
IBM Cloud Services Included on Sub-$200 Netbook
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| Canonical and Simmtronics on Thursday
| announced that the Simmtronics netbook, the
| Simmbook, is now available to emerging
| markets for just $190
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/maximum_it/ibm_cloud_services_included_sub200_netbook
IBM Partners To Offer $190 Cloud-Connected Netbook For Emerging Markets
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| The Simmbook is one of the first Netbook to
| provide direct access to the cloud by
| offering a package of online collaboration
| tools. The OS is not cloud-based but
| LotusLive is a robust enough application
| suite to give customers a cloud environment
| that should prove useful and less expensive
| than the costs of a Windows-based operating
| system.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2010/03/ibm-partners-to-offer-190-clou.php
IBM, Simmtronics to offer $190 Linux netbooks
http://www.liliputing.com/2010/03/ibm-simmtronics-to-offer-190-linux-netbooks.html
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