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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.'"

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

    now bill gates gonna invade iraq too

    1. 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!

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    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. 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.