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Kuro5hin.org: Taiwan to Start National Plan to Push Free Software

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 4, 2002

[ Thanks to Andy Tai for
this link. ]

“Taiwan will start a national plan to jump-start the development
and use of Free Software, according to an report by the Central
News Agency, the government news agency of Taiwan, Rep. of China.
Due to high Microsoft license fees and also to improve the levels
of software technology in Taiwan, this plan includes the creation
of a totally Chinese free software environment for Taiwan users,
free software application development, and training of 120,000
people for free software skills, as well as efforts at schools to
provide diverse information technology environments to ensure the
freedom of information…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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