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Iran: Even If Windows Is Free, Linux Is Preferred

Posted by timothy on from the non-abdication dept.

gpwiki.org writes "Iran, a country which does not abide by international copyright law, is reportedly moving toward Linux. 'All the software in Iran is copied. There is no copyright law, so everybody uses Microsoft software freely,' said the secretary of Iran's High Informatics Council. 'But we cannot continue like this much longer.' The article suggests that a desire to enter the WTO, and Windows security issues are prime motivating factors. 'Microsoft is a national security concern.'"

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  1. Iran by brilinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    I-ran away from Windows to Linux too.
    Sorry, I have been waiting to make an "Iran" pun for a while. Carry on.

    1. Re:Iran by JeffTL · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, it gets tough being stuck between Iraq and a hard place.

  2. Just as I thought... by BladeMelbourne · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's just as I have been saying all along... smart people wouldn't use Windows, even if it were free...

    1. Re:Just as I thought... by Curtman · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just wait for the Iranian antitrust trials. Bring on the death squad!

  3. Re:The WTO move is the prime incentive by christopherfinke · · Score: 5, Funny
    to abide by internationally agreed upon IP regulations (Bourne Convention)
    I might be wrong, but I think you mean the Berne Convention. The Bourne Convention was where countries agreed to use
    $ export EDITOR=vi
    instead of
    % setenv EDITOR vi
  4. Holy crap! by juggleme · · Score: 3, Funny

    Am I the only one that read that headline and wondered why Slashdot started an Iran section?

  5. Yet another reason... by NJVil · · Score: 2, Funny

    To put Iran firmly in the Axis of Evil.

  6. Re:The WTO move is the prime incentive by kraut · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think Linus would object to being called Norwegian. Fins are funny like that ... ;)

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  7. and Iran.. by The+Unabageler · · Score: 4, Funny

    I walk along the avenue,
    never thought I'd meet an OS like youuuuu
    meet an OS like youuuuu.............
    with free software and free gui
    the kind that lets me live so freee
    like speech and beer it's freee......
    and Iran, Iran so far away,
    and Iran, Iran so far away,
    linux couldn't get away.

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