Red Hat Supports UNDP's Sustainable Development Networking Program Efforts to Build ICT Capacity in Developing Countries | Linux Today

Red Hat Supports UNDP’s Sustainable Development Networking Program Efforts to Build ICT Capacity in Developing Countries

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 15, 1998

The UN non-profit campaign is providing Red Hat software and
support materials to 40 developing countries.

The Red Hat/SDNP initiative is already seeing great success in
installing Red Hat Linux in 140,000 elementary and middle-school
computer labs in the Mexican school system. The Mexican government
was first turned onto Red Hat and open-source technology for
financial reasons.


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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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