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Iraq's Open Source Possibilities

Posted by simoniker on from the penguins-of-mass-enlightenment dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a Linux Journal article, Iraq's 2 person LUG describes the software consumer market in Iraq today, and their hopes for educating the masses about open-source software: 'Iraq is now a blank, unformatted hard disk and can be loaded with anything. Everything is open in Iraq right now. There are no regimented standards or massive expenditure in a particular monopoly's software'."

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  1. Stupidest thing I've heard yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    People in Iraq need rare and strange things like Food, Water, Medicine, a Government.

    Do you honestly think anyone cares about Open Source when the majority of the population is living in squalor?

  2. WTF by AvengerXP · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Probably going to get insta-modded to Troll but IRAQ has much MUCH bigger problems than what kind of SOFTWARE they are going to use. Grow up! Humanity goes beyond the concept of Open/Closed Source.

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