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:How Linux Helped 5 Poverty-Stricken Governments
How Linux Helped 5 Poverty-Stricken Governments
Oct 15, 2008, 14 :33 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (3018 reads)

(Other stories by Rami Taibah)

"Also, Extremadura is one of the poorest regions in the EU, and the cost of proprietary software needed to run the network was just too much to bear. So the government decided to use free software; in the beginning due to its low cost, but soon they realized that free software is a powerful tool to provide “technological independence” and avoid reliance on global conglomerates and monopolies."

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Let those with dollars to spare go Micro ...   The benefits of being in a crunch   
Jose_X
Oct 15, 2008, 23:21:34
 
 Let those with dollars to spare go Micr ...   Re: The benefits of being in a crunch   
jp
Oct 16, 2008, 04:17:50
 
>  Let those with dollars to spare go Mi ...   Re: Re: The benefits of being in a crunch   
Jose_X
Oct 16, 2008, 13:11:01
 
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