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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. 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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    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.