[Marxism] Cuba switches to Linux

["Johannes Schneider" <Johannes.Schneider@xxxxxxx>]

>From AFP at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050517/tc_afp/cubacomputersitlinux

Cuba to switch computers to Linux, dumping Windows
Tue May 17, 4:06 PM ET

HAVANA (AFP) - Cuba will gradually switch to the open-source     Linux
operating system for its state computers, eliminating its exclusive use of
Microsoft Windows, the government daily Juventud Rebelde reported.
Roberto del Puerto, director of the state office of information technology,
told the daily that Cuba already has about 1,500 computers using the Linux
system, a free operating system whose technical data is open for public
viewing.
Del Puerto said his office was working on a legal framework that would allow
the replacement of the Windows system.
Although Windows is used on about 90 percent of the world's personal
computers, some governments and large organizations have switched to the
free Linux system or have threatened to do so to get discounts.
Linux was developed by Finnish computer scientist     Linus Torvalds based
on the     Unix operating system.

Original Juventud Rebelde article
http://www.jrebelde.cubaweb.cu/2005/abril-junio/mayo-17/impulsara.html

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