Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

More On The Open Sourcing Of Iraq

Posted by timothy on from the available-blueprints-are-a-good-thing dept.

popdookey writes " The BBC's broadcast, The World, has run a piece on the growing Linux movement in Iraq as was previously reported here on Slashdot. 'In Iraq, a group of computer users has started writing open source computer code. They're Linux enthusiasts. The idea is to make low-cost, home-grown software and is said to hold great promise for developing countries. It could leapfrog Iraq into a more competitive future. The World technology reporter Clark Boyd reports.'"

14 of 287 comments (clear)

  1. after bush by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    now bill gates gonna invade iraq too

    1. Re:after bush by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Probably vxWorks or QNX. His dialysis machine needs a hard-real time OS after all.

    2. Re:after bush by arjun · · Score: 5, Funny

      microsoft is waaaay ahead of you, check thisout !

  2. Now this is proof enough, don't you think? by Phekko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Iraq is anti-US. They code Linux stuff in Iraq. Ergo, Linux is anti-US. Bomb Linux!

    --

    Sigs for Nerds. Sigs that Matter.
    1. Re:Now this is proof enough, don't you think? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Iraq is anti-US.

      What, do you mean even after we've bombed the shit out of it, shot the shit out of it, and tortured the shit out of it, they are still anti-US?

      What the fuck?

      Goddamn ungrateful motherfuckers.

      I say we bomb the place.

  3. OMG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Iraq is downloading communism! Torvalds for president! Stallman for information minister!

    1. Re:OMG by guile*fr · · Score: 3, Funny

      HURD will crush the hords of penguins, daemons will bath on their blood, Redmond will burst into flames?

    2. Re:OMG by Unique2 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I can see it now:

      "There are no Microsoft infidels in Baghdad. Never!"

      --
      No trees were harmed in the posting of this message. However, a great number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
  4. Import restrictions? by LondonLawyer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought there were restrictions on exporting Linux from the US to Iraq (which somehow mysteriously don't apply to MS)?

  5. Well that's not right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What kind of f'ed up imperialism is this?

    They should be required to buy US software!

    I'm writing my representatives.

  6. Microsoft contract by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I would have thought that George W Bush's administration have already awarded the contract to Microsoft.

  7. I can see it now... by node+3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    First, SPA "License Inspectors" are sent in. All they find is Free Software. Undaunted, Bill Gates sends in his own lawyers...

    Then it's a year later and the WMA's still haven't been found.

  8. This is entirely logical by Zog+The+Undeniable · · Score: 2, Funny

    After all, they already have the beards, and I'm sure sandals are pretty popular in the Arabian desert ;-)

    --
    When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
  9. Very Astute by PingPongBoy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Open source is never more relevant to Iraq. The whole idea was to open source the oil.

    You get some of it with

    ftp oilfield.com

    Maybe not. It's been slashdotted.

    --
    Know your pads. One time pad: good for cryptography. Two timing pad: where to take your mistress.