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Vietnam Going Open Source

Posted by michael on from the seeing-the-light dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Great article today on SiliconValley.com about Vietnam's solution to software piracy: eliminate Microsoft. Government tech officials are promoting a plan that would require all state-owned companies and government ministries to use open source by 2005. And they would require all computers assembled in Vietnam to be sold with open-source products installed on them."

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  1. Bedtime for Democracy by unholy_sz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Behold the power of Tyranny !

  2. Almost There. by Doesn't_Comment_Code · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Vietnamese have installed Open Source software on 4 computers already, leaving only 2 to go.

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  3. Re:SCO warning by larry+bagina · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    The typical (United States of ) American enjoysthe higest standard of living in the world.


    The typical vietnamese citizen spends all day in the rice fields or staring at a donkey's asshole thinking up new ways to cook rat.


    You tell me who won the fucking war.

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  4. Sweet! by gordgekko · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    A brutal communist tyranny that forces business to use the product that the government has determined is the best! And everyone on Slashdot thinks it's great!

    You people would cheer if al-Qaida announced it was going open source.

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