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Venezuela Launches Sale of “Bolivarian” Computers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 16, 2007

“The Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez announced
the launch of their ‘Bolivarian Computers’ last week, consisting of
four different models produced in Venezuela with Chinese
technology. The new computers will run the open-source Linux
operating system and will first be used inside the government
‘missions’ and state companies and institutions but eventually are
expected to be sold across Venezuela and Latin America.

“Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez presented the new machines to
the public last week at an event in the state of Falcon as he
donated them to a school there…”

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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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