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Linux in the Developing World

Posted by michael on from the next-wave dept.

Norsemann writes "Peter Spotts of the Christian Science Monitor has some very interesting things to say about the latest wave of Linux adoptions throughout Asia and beyond. He hits on some important points about not only China's role in Open Source but the 'global' role in Open Source... Perhaps the best is still yet to come." The BBC also has a nice story about Brazil using Linux in cybercafes.

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  1. Just sent a correction into the author... by Saint+Aardvark · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Good article, but there was one mistake: "Linus Torvalds took a freely available, stripped-down version of UNIX software and modified it for a PC."

    The stripped-down version he referes to is Minix, a version of Unix written for teaching purposes. It was Minix' limitations, and the author's refusal to accept patches removing those limitations, that led to the creation of Linux. Linux had no Minix code in it.

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