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Venezuela Goes Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bandwagon-gets-moving dept.

Odinson sent in this news blurb from LinuxToday, reporting that Venezuela has adopted a policy for the use of Open Source software in government wherever possible. Apparently they have practical rather than philosophical motivations: keeping cash in the country and promoting local software development.

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  1. Do you think that MS will fund the next coup? by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hugo Chavez thought he had a tenacious enemy when he crossed Big Oil (tm) :-)

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."