[Marxism] Cuba launches own Linux variant to counter U.S.

[Eli Stephens <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba launched its own variant of the Linux computer 
operating system this week in the latest front of the communist island's battle 
against what it views as U.S. hegemony.

The Cuban variant, called Nova, was introduced at a Havana computer conference 
on "technological sovereignty" and is central to the Cuban government's desire 
to replace the Microsoft software running most of the island's computers.

The government views the use of Microsoft systems, developed by U.S.-based 
Microsoft Corp, as a potential threat because it says U.S. security agencies 
have access to Microsoft codes.

Also, the long-standing U.S. trade embargo against the island makes it 
difficult for Cubans to get Microsoft software legally and to update it.

Complete: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51A77S20090211



Eli Stephens
 Left I on the News
 http://lefti.blogspot.com


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