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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. Slow going for linux in Iraq by phreakv6 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Actually its just the opposite that linux today [Wired news] reported few days back. Slow going for linux in Iraq

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